Bruce Green was quoted in a Bloomberg article about acting attorney general Matthew Whitaker’s role in special counsel Robert Mueller’s Trump-Russia investigation.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to authorize a subpoena of Attorney General Matt Whitaker if he refuses to discuss his conversations with President Donald Trump and his oversight of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation in testimony before the committee on Friday.
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Whitaker, however, would risk provoking a confrontation with House Democrats that could result in him being held in contempt of Congress.
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“Executive privilege is not an absolute privilege,” said Bruce Green, a former federal prosecutor who is now a professor at Fordham University School of Law in New York. “Nobody likes executive privilege battles. When you have them, historically they almost always get resolved through the executive branch and Congress.”Whitaker could also refuse to answer detailed questions about Mueller’s investigation and grand jury proceedings, Green said.