Summary
- President Biden’s use of executive privilege to prevent the release of recordings from his interview with special counsel Robert Hur is similar to moves made by former President Trump.
- Executive privilege allows the president to withhold internal discussions and documents from scrutiny by the courts and legislative branch.
- Biden’s assertion of executive privilege has led to a resolution to hold Attorney General Garland in contempt of Congress for failing to produce the subpoenaed recordings.
- Former Trump officials Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro were convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with subpoenas following claims of executive privilege.
