Law Pedes - Who can invoke executive privilege? Isn’t it only the sitting President?
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Can be done by the former President who was in office when it took place.
Right. That's what I'm saying.
I think a former President can "claim" executive privilege but only the sitting President can "invoke" executive privilege.
If they are stating that Trump will "invoke" executive privilege, doesn't that suggest that he is the sitting President?
Possibly, or it could just be lazy wording. I don't think there's anything here to support Trump still being President.
I don't think that's the case. The FAKE NEWS is always very specific in their language. It's one of their greatest talents to be honest. I.E. One third of positive Covid cases are unvaccinated; rather than saying two-thirds of positive Covid cases are vaccinated.
The term "invoke" means you have the authority to do something.
I.E. A person can "invoke" their 5th amendment right.
A person cannot "invoke" another person's 5th amendment right.
Only the sitting President can "invoke" executive privilege.
Are you sure about that?
Another article from earlier this month seems to suggest it can only be invoked by the sitting President (who they claim is Biden in this article).
"The Republican Trump wants executive privilege to be used to stop at least some of the documents from being transferred, a decision that rests with the White House of his Democratic successor, Joe Biden.
A sitting president has in the past used executive privilege to keep records and communications from an earlier administration secret, but it is rare.
For example, Trump's White House cited executive privilege in 2018 to withhold from the Senate more than 100,000 pages of records from then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s time as a lawyer in the administration of former President George W. Bush.
If the Biden White House says the requested materials are protected by executive privilege, it will make it much more difficult for the congressional committee to investigate Trump.
But Biden is expected to be sympathetic toward the panel's view that the materials should be produced. In July, the White House said it would allow former Justice Department lawyers to testify to a Senate committee about Trump's efforts to overturn his election loss."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/can-trump-use-executive-privilege-block-jan-6-attack-probe-2021-09-09/