Trump’s executive privilege strategy could mean messy fight

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to broadly assert executive privilege to block current and former aides from testifying before Congress. That includes some who’ve cooperated with special counsel Robert Mueller.
This strategy could lead to a messy and protracted legal fight. But even if the White House is eventually defeated in court, the president and his allies could have the chance to run out the clock to the 2020 election.
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