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Jerrold Nadler: “It's fundamental law that executive privilege cannot hide misconduct. You cannot use the executive privilege to hide…”

On the recordMarch 19, 2019
It's fundamental law that executive privilege cannot hide misconduct. You cannot use the executive privilege to hide misconduct by the president or by anybody around him.

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Nadler asserts that executive privilege cannot be invoked to conceal misconduct, referencing a Supreme Court decision.

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