Political Quotes

On the recordJune 1, 2017
It would be a terrible mistake politically to invoke executive privilege here and it would be challenged legally.
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David Gergen
Independent · Massachusetts

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David Gergen warns that invoking executive privilege could politically backfire for the President and suggests that it raises suspicions.

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