Tanya Chutkan: “You're essentially a criminal defendant first, a political candidate second.”

Presidents are not kings and plaintiff is not president

Defendant's four-year service as commander-in-chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens.

This wasn't Bill and Ted's excellent adventure. They came to Washington knowing full well the events of January 6th. Their actions were an assault on the American people.

The executive privilege does not exist to protect the individual who happens to be president, it exists to protect the institution of the presidency