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1. The explosive legal issue being missed on Trump's claim of executive privilege on Mueller report:
The privilege covers communications between president and his advisors. By claiming the privilege, Trump is stating the redacted portions deal with conversations involving him...
The privilege covers communications between president and his advisors. By claiming the privilege, Trump is stating the redacted portions deal with conversations involving him...
2..of course, that doesn't mean that Trump is truthfully claiming executive privilege. He might just be doing that to continue covering up everything he can about everything.
If it IS communications between him and advisors, Barr lied under oath as to the motive of redactions..
If it IS communications between him and advisors, Barr lied under oath as to the motive of redactions..
3...so the end point is this:
Either Trump is falsely using executive privilege to cover up information from Congress, OR Barr perjured himself about the reason he redacted and the material redacted involves direct conversations between Trump and advisors.
Either Trump is falsely using executive privilege to cover up information from Congress, OR Barr perjured himself about the reason he redacted and the material redacted involves direct conversations between Trump and advisors.
