A former Department of Defense special counsel and New York University law professor said Trump’s tweets could mean he can no longer invoke executive privilege on the contents of Bolton’s book
On Sunday night the New York Times reported that former national security adviser John Bolton’s forthcoming book provides a firsthand account of a conversation with President Trump that supports a key element of the impeachment case against him: that Trump directly ordered a freeze on aid to Ukraine until that country’s government launched investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter.
“I think the story that came out yesterday, it’s increasingly apparent that it would be important to hear from John Bolton,” Romney said. Jack Goldsmith, a White House lawyer under former President George W. Bush, said the executive branch “often circulates manuscripts submitted for prepub review widely, including to political officials, & it often asks for deletions for reasons having nothing to do w/ disclosure of classified info.”
“Another unforced error,” wrote Goodman. “What’s remarkable about this tweet thread by President Trump responding to specific allegations in [Bolton’s book]: These statements by Trump may constitute a WAIVER of executive privilege! Can’t publicly discuss the info, and then say [Bolton] can’t.”
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