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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

The White House’s extremely broad view of executive power, and how they’re using it to fight off the Impeachment Inquiry

The White House legal counsel issued a letter yesterday, arguing the impeachment inquiry was unconstitutional.

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KCRW placeholderBy Barbara Bogaev • Oct 9, 2019 • 1 min read

The White House legal counsel issued a letter yesterday, arguing the impeachment inquiry was unconstitutional. This came on the same day that the administration blocked the American ambassador to the European Union from giving a deposition to Congress and argued in court that the Supreme Court was wrong to let Congress review grand jury documents related to the Watergate scandal. It all demonstrates the White House’s extremely broad view of executive power, and how they’re wielding it to fight off House investigators.

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    Barbara Bogaev

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    Vice President of Talk Programming, KCRW

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    Line Editor, Press Play

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    Princeton University

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    national political correspondent at the Washington Post

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