executive privilege

Former Trump White House official Peter Navarro talks to the media as he arrives at U.S. Federal Courthouse in Washington on Thursday.

Politics & Government

Ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress

2:00pm January 25, 2024

by Ryan Lucas

Former Trump White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was convicted last year for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

Then-President Donald Trump and then-Vice President Mike Pence are pictured in 2020.

Politics & Government

The Pence subpoena could set up a showdown over executive privilege

12:58pm February 11, 2023

by Becky Sullivan

Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly invoked executive privilege as attempts to block testimony about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows pictured on Capitol Hill in 2020. He was among the first Trump administration officials to be subpoenaed by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Politics & Government

Mark Meadows is suing the Jan. 6 committee as it moves to hold him in contempt

7:07pm December 09, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Mark Meadows is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Jan. 6 committee, asking a judge to block enforcement of two subpoenas it had issued for himself and Verizon.

The Justice Department says former Trump administration officials can testify before Congress about Jan. 6 and the events leading up to the insurrection.

Politics & Government

Justice Department Clears Way For Trump Officials To Testify About Jan. 6

2:43pm July 27, 2021

by Brian Naylor

The department says it would not be appropriate for former officials to claim executive privilege forbids them from testifying before Congress.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., speaks during a weekly news conference on May 16 on Capitol Hill. Pelosi is dealing with rising calls for impeachment proceedings against President Trump.

Politics & Government

Democrats' Impeachment Divide Tests Pelosi

6:22pm May 21, 2019

President Trump's efforts to block congressional oversight into his administration and special counsel Robert Mueller's report is ratcheting up impeachment talk among House Democrats.

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