Subject: Re: SCOTUS avoids ‘key question’ of Trump immunity
albaby1: That assertion of executive privilege was later overturned by a federal judge, who ruled that Obama had an obligation to provide Congress the documents.

Not because the judge thought his original argument of privilege was wrong (or obstructive) but because other information the Justice Department had previously released on the topic rendered his claim unsustainable.

She wrote: “This ruling is not predicated on a finding that the withholding was intended to cloak wrongdoing on the part of government officials or that the withholding itself was improper.”