White House: Trump will not assert executive privilege to block Comey's testimony

[mystery-ak]

White House: Trump will not assert executive privilege to block Comey's testimony

By Louis Nelson

06/05/2017 02:17 PM EDT

Updated 06/05/2017 03:13 PM EDT


President Donald Trump will not invoke executive privilege in order to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday.

“The president's power to exert executive privilege is very well established,” Sanders said at Monday’s White House press briefing. “However, in order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Trump will not assert executive privilege regarding James Comey's scheduled testimony.”

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[edpc]

My prediction - this will disappoint everyone.  When pressed about the 'memos,' Comey won't confirm any wrongdoing or clear suspicion.  He will say just enough to keep people on the left carping about it.  Everything he's ever said publicly has been duplicitous and contradictory. 

[Bigun]

My prediction - this will disappoint everyone.  When pressed about the 'memos,' Comey won't confirm any wrongdoing or clear suspicion.  He will say just enough to keep people on the left carping about it.  Everything he's ever said publicly has been duplicitous and contradictory.

My prediction is that Comey will not answer a single substantive question citing ongoing investigations.  This is exactly why he insisted his testimony be public to begin with!