Merrick Garland Makes It Clear That Trump Has No Executive Privilege

Attorney General Garland made it wide successful the DOJ indictment of Bannon that enforcement privilege belongs to the Executive Branch, not Trump.

Page 2 of the Bannon indictment spells this out, “STEPHEN K. BANNON was a backstage citizen. For astir 7 months successful 2017, much than 3 years earlier the events of January 6, 2021, BANNON was employed successful the Executive Branch of the U.S. Government arsenic the Chief Strategist and Counselor to the 2 to: President. After departing the White House successful 2017, BANNON did not enactment again successful immoderate Executive Branch oregon national authorities position.”

The DOJ ne'er had to notation Trump oregon Biden oregon transportation with enforcement privilege. The DOJ is arguing that enforcement privilege rests with the Executive Branch, which means that the existent caput of the Executive Branch, President Biden, is the idiosyncratic with the authorization to usage enforcement privilege.

As Laurence Tribe enactment it connected Twitter:

DOJ is rightly saying enforcement privilege belongs not to immoderate idiosyncratic but to the enforcement branch, of which the 1 and lone president is the head. His sanction is Biden, not Trump. https://t.co/yp1yIpaCMz

— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) November 12, 2021

The DOJ didn’t interruption with immoderate erstwhile statements connected enforcement privilege, but by criminally indicting Steve Bannon and placing enforcement privilege powerfulness with the Executive Branch, the connection is precise clear. Donald Trump has nary enforcement privilege.