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Sessions come to the same place. he didn t alert the committee that this was an issue. he came prepared to argue this vague confidentiality concern that was linked to executive privilege but not at all clear. i think it got him out of the immediate problem of having the president stand on the privilege, which would have been of course major news and very controversial. did you ever send someone out or have consultations when you were in the white house in which you outlined a similar approach for folks that were going to go before committees? i have to say i didn t. the circumstance never arose in which that was presented to me as an option. i didn t say i did, no. what do you think about this sessions sort of non-invocation of privilege but as a means of not answering questions? it s just a fancy dance, and it doesn t it doesn t have a legal basis? no legal basis. it s legally nonsensical. the president had ample opportunity to know that sessions wasoing to testif he kne ....
Privilege but not at all clear. i think it got him out of the immediate problem of having the president stand on the privilege, which would have been of course major news and very controversial. did you ever send someone out or have consultations when you were in the white house in which you outlined a similar approach for folks that were going to go before committees? i have to say i didn t. the circumstance never arose in which that was presented to me as an option. i didn t say i did, no. what do you think about this sessions sort of non-invocation of privilege but as a means of not answering questions? it s just a fancy dance, and it doesn t it doesn t have a legal basis? no legal basis. it s legally nonsensical. the president had achle opportunity to know that sessions was going to testify. he knew sessions was going to testify. the president watches television. he reads the papers. he tweets. so he knew. he didn t say, i m invoking executive privilege. so what are w ....