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On the recordApril 29, 2018
The President has the executive privilege, we agree on that. Can't he waive that privilege, for example in the firing of Jim Comey?
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Begala questions the implications of executive privilege in relation to Comey's firing.

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