Spicer: 'Premature' To Say If Sessions Should Invoke Executive Privilege
Source: Talking Points Memo
By ESME CRIBB Published JUNE 12, 2017 2:30 PM
White House press secretary Sean Spicer on Monday declined to say whether he thinks Attorney General Jeff Sessions should invoke executive privilege during his scheduled testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday.
“When Jeff Sessions testifies tomorrow, do you believe that he should invoke executive privilege on conversations between himself and the President as it relates to Jim Comey?” Fox Business News reporter Blake Burman asked Spicer at his daily briefing, referring to the fired director of the FBI.
“I think it depends on the scope of the questions,” Spicer replied. “To get into a hypothetical at this point would be premature.”
The Senate Intelligence Committee on Monday announced that Sessions will give public testimony and is scheduled to appear in open session Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. ET.
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Spicer Evades Questions On When Trump Will Address Elusive Comey ‘Tapes’
By MATT SHUHAM Published JUNE 12, 2017 2:55 PM
White House press secretary Sean Spicer declined to specify when President Donald Trump would potentially release tapes of his conversations with fired FBI Director James Comey.
Trump, Spicer said, would further address the tapes “in due time,” “as soon as possible” and “when he’s ready to further discuss it.”
Spicer noted, though, that Trump was “not waiting for anything.”
Trump first brought up the existence of possible taped conversations with Comey three days after he abruptly fired him.
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