Because I have a loyalty to the Constitution and a loyalty to the president. The president has invoked executive privilege in this matter. It`s not my authority to revoke that privilege.
Peter Navarro explains his refusal to comply with congressional subpoenas based on loyalty to the president and executive privilege.
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