the executive, and the supreme court has historically limited that privilege when it comes to former presidents, reasoning that it should inbe invoked only for the benefit of the public. juanita, trump and his officials that enablers fan out legal proceedings. what can democrats do to stop this? i m glad the white house came out full force and essentially told them to do what they got to do. we know this is likely going to go to the courts, and so what i m looking to the select committee to do now is to start to enforce those contempt charges against uncooperative witnesses to compel their testimony because, as bannon signaled, he s following trump s lead. i think we can expect other trump loyalists to do the same, and that s why they need to make good on what is on the table,