Law Pedes - Who can invoke executive privilege? Isn’t it only the sitting President?
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I’m almost positive this isn’t the first time I’ve heard of a former president invoking executive privilege, but I could be wrong.
I've never heard of a former president invoking executive privilege. I thought it only applied to a sitting president, regardless of who was the sitting president at the time of the event.
Another article from earlier this month seems to suggest it only sits with the sitting president (Biden in Reuters), whereas the Yahoo article suggests Trump can invoke executive privilege.
That's why I was asking for clarification from a law pede.
"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."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/can-trump-use-executive-privilege-block-jan-6-attack-probe-2021-09-09/
The purpose of this privilege is to protect the presidency from the other two branches. Merely postponing the threat from the other branches until after the pres left office presents the same danger to the office. Is client-lawyer privilege over after the trial?
It does not matter. Executive privilege can only be invoked by the sitting President. It’s clearly laid out. The sitting President would have to invoke executive privilege on a former President’s behalf.
Nixon tried invoking executive privilege after he was out of office for things that occurred while he was President & it was denied. The power only rests with the sitting President.
Can you give citations on this? The tapes and John Dean's testimony occurred while he was in office, which established the standard re the special prosecutor. Since Ford's first official act was to pardon Nixon, for what issue did he need executive privilege?