The Trump administration says in a court filing that two dozen emails revealing details of President Trump’s decisions about withholding military assistance to Ukraine are protected from a lawsuit under 'presidential privilege.'
President Donald Trump walks down the steps of Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says in a court filing that two dozen emails revealing details of President Donald Trump’s decision-making regarding withholding military assistance to Ukraine, which goes to the heart of his impeachment, are protected from a lawsuit under “presidential privilege.”
Heather Walsh, a lawyer for the White House Office of Management and Budget, told the court in the Friday filing that the emails “reflect communications by either the President, the Vice President, or the President’s immediate advisers regarding Presidential decision-making about the scope, duration, and purpose of the hold on military assistance to Ukraine.” Thus, she writes, the emails are privileged.
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