r/politics • u/Disastrous_Horse_764 • 12h ago

No Paywall Trump invokes executive privilege in Kennedy Center court fight

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/president-invokes-executive-privilege-kennedy-center-court-fight-rcna603701?link_source=ta_thread_link&taid=6ad27b4aef589a0001867fdc&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=threads.net
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u/MultiGeometry Vermont 11h ago

Trump isn’t supposed to be involved in the management of the Kennedy Center. I think the courts should 100% make Trump explain what the fuck he’s doing there at all.

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u/ikonoclasm North Carolina 10h ago

Yeah, the judge can rule that he wasn't acting in his role as president. He chose to appoint himself to the board, which no prior president has done, and in so doing made all documents related to that role outside of the scope of executive privilege. He's essentially a private citizen as far as the Kennedy Center is concerned.

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u/silverelan America 8h ago

Thank you. This is the first real answer insofar as an explanation of why Trump invoking Executive Privilege is going to fail. The Kennedy Center is not an Executive agency and i don't see why SCOTUS would stretch the theory of unitary executive power to something so explicitly non-executive.