NEWS: Correspondence between Fiona Hill’s lawyers and White House Deputy Counsel Michael Purpura obtained by @JoshNBCNews show that the White House tried to limit what Fiona Hill could say today to Congress by raising the issue of executive privilege.
The WH did not try to block her from testifying, but told Hill’s lawyers that 4 areas potentially fall under exec. privilege:
Direct communications with the president
Diplomatic communications
Meetings with other heads of state
Staffing POTUS on calls with foreign heads of state
Direct communications with the president
Diplomatic communications
Meetings with other heads of state
Staffing POTUS on calls with foreign heads of state
Hill’s lawyers wrote back to the White House, making a legal argument that executive privilege disappears when there’s reason to believe there was government misconduct. - @JoshNBCNews
