The Trump Administration has implemented a daring plan that will allow it to sabotage Democratic efforts to investigate the administration if Democrats take over Congress.
Punchbowl News reported on Tuesday that the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel issued an opinion on Monday that will allow Trump to claim executive privilege over communications between him and “private advisers.”
The opinion goes on to say that this move would be legal “as long as they relate to official decision-making, involve, or reflect communications with the president or his direct advisers, and are confidential.
Furthermore, this extends to “direct advisers” communication with outside advisers.
The memo, signed by Attorney General T. Elliot Gaiser, broadly defines the term “private advisers.”
“For this memorandum, we use the term ‘private advisers’ to include anyone the President consults outside the Executive Branch, whether they be members of the public, state officials, or employees of other branches of the federal government,” the document reads.
Punchbowl News notes that this opinion would allow Trump or any other president to protect massive amounts of communication from congressional scrutiny.
This means if Democrats take back the House, which appears highly likely, it will be far more difficult for them to manufacture evidence against Trump or members of his cabinet in their inquisitions.
Not only that. The DOJ’s new memo could allow the Trump administration to withhold records from Trump-linked businesses in multiple circumstances. House Democrats have made a key part of their vow to “hold Trump accountable” by conducting hunts against the president and his family’s businesses.
A move like this is precisely why Democrats fought so hard to stop Todd Blanche from becoming Attorney General.
They knew he would be not only fiercely loyal to Trump but also not put up with their garbage efforts to cripple the Presidency.
Of course, we all know that the Democrats and their cronies will challenge this decision. One can bet one of their black-robed tyrants will block it right away.
Then the DOJ’s opinion will be decided by the Supreme Court. It’s anyone’s guess how they will rule, especially given the unreliability of Justices Roberts and Coney Barrett.
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