congressional oversight
Congressional Subpoena Power and Executive Privilege: The Coming Showdown Between the Branches
Margaret Taylor Wed, Jan 30, 2019, 7:00 AM
With the new Democratic majority in the House of Representatives sporting an aggressive oversight agenda on national security and foreign policy issues, it’s only a matter of time before a raft of congressional subpoenas are fired off from Capitol Hill. Also only a matter of time is resistance to those subpoenas based on the assertion of executive privilege by the Trump administration.