The White House says President Donald Trump will not assert executive privilege to try to block testimony by fired FBI Director James Comey.
Spokeswoman Sarah Sanders says the president’s power to invoke privilege is “well-established.” However, she says Trump will not take that step in order to ensure a “swift and thorough examination of the facts” related to Comey’s firing and the multiple investigations into Russia’s election meddling.
Comey is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Thursday.
(AP)
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Asserting executive privilege in a possibly criminal investigation is roughly the same as “pleading the 5th”, meaning its a de facto admission of guilt. Unless someone comes up with “proof” the Russians were able to tamper with ballot boxes, the Democrats end up losing since they have taken the position that their unprecedented resistance is based on the fact that Hillary really won the election, and the Russians “stole” the election by packing the ballot box. Any investigation that doesn’t suggest impeaching Trump, is a triumph for Trump, so he is being clever in coooperating.