Dershowitz Rips Democrats for Holding Mark Meadows in Contempt Before Courts Rule on Executive PrivilegeJoel B. Pollak 15 Dec 2021
Harvard Law School professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz criticized House Democrats on Wednesday for voting to hold former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in contempt of Congress before courts had ruled on his privilege claims.
Meadows had been subpoenaed to provide evidence to the January 6 committee, and handed over some documents before withholding others that former President Donald Trump has said are covered by executive privilege and cannot be used.
The questions of whether executive privilege by a former president can still apply, and what the limits of executive privilege are, remain unresolved, and both Meadows and former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon have asked the courts to rule.
But House Democrats have voted to hold both in contempt of Congress and refer them to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for prosecution — which the DOJ has already undertaken with regard to Bannon, despite historically ignoring such referrals.
In an essay at the Gatestone Institute, Dershowitz argues that a privilege exerted by a former president should remain valid — and that in any case, contempt charges should not apply before the courts rule. Dershowitz argues (original emphasis):
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