Trump Formally Asserts Executive Privilege in Legal Fight over Kennedy Center's Closure
The White House says the privilege covers records on management, fundraising and a disputed donation as Beatty seeks documents in her lawsuit.
- President Donald Trump formally asserted executive privilege on Wednesday regarding records from the Kennedy Center, with White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt filing the declaration in Democratic Representative Joyce Beatty's ongoing lawsuit.
- Beatty sued the administration late last year to block Trump's efforts to rename the Kennedy Center and shutter it for renovations, after Trump became the first sitting president to chair the institution's board.
- Hoyt argued the privilege prevents staff from being "chilled" while gathering information on the center's management, operations, and fundraising, while Justice Department lawyers dismissed Beatty's inquiries as an improper "fishing expedition."
- During a session last week, a Justice Department lawyer instructed Kennedy Center Executive Director Matthew Floca not to answer questions from Beatty's lawyers, citing the privilege assertion.
- Meanwhile, the White House is reviewing an alleged $6 million donation that failed to reach the Kennedy Center, which staff searched for last year, as the institution's finances have collapsed since Trump took control.
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CBS News reports: President Trump has formally invoked executive privilege to shield certain records from Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio as part of her ongoing legal challenge to the president’s effort to temporarily shutter the Kennedy Center for renovations. White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt informed a federal judge on Wednesday of Mr. Trump’s … The post WH Invokes Privilege To Block Kennedy Center Docs appeared first on Joe.My.God..
Trump deploys 'nuclear option' to shield himself amid 'missing' Kennedy Center funds
President Donald Trump invoked executive privilege to shield his Kennedy Center records as the White House examines claims that a multimillion-dollar donation went missing.White House deputy counsel Joshua Hoyt formally asserted the privilege in a declaration filed Wednesday in a federal lawsuit bro...
Trump Asserts Executive Privilege in Kennedy Center Fight
“President Trump has formally invoked executive privilege to shield certain records from Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio as part of her ongoing legal challenge to the president’s effort to temporarily shutter the Kennedy Center for renovations,” CBS News reports.
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