A) Mark Meadows counsel George Terwilliger on 1/6 cmte subpoena of Meadows: Our correspondence over the last few weeks shows a sharp legal dispute with the committee.
B) Terwilliger: The issues concern whether Mr. Meadows can be compelled to testify and whether, even if he could , that he could be forced to answer questions that involve privileged communications. Legal disputes are appropriately resolved by courts.
C) Terwilliger: It would be irresponsible for Mr. Meadows to prematurely resolve that dispute by voluntarily waiving privileges that are at the heart of those legal issues.
D) Terwilliger: No matter how important the subject matter of the committee’s work, decades of litigation over Executive Privilege shows how critically important it is for a president to have access to advice and counsel without fear that political opponents...
E) Terwilliger:...in Congress will later be able to pull away the shield of confidentiality that protects candor in those communications.
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