Trump will assert 'executive privilege' over Mueller report materials in fight with House Democrats
Special Counsel Robert Mueller departs St. John's Episcopal Church, across from the White House, after attending morning services, in Washington, Sunday, March 24, 2019.The move came as House Democrats continued to press for the Justice Department to turn over the full Mueller report and other background material used to put it together.
"This is to advise you that the President has asserted executive privilege over the entirety of subpoeaned materials," assistant attorney general Stephen Boyd wrote Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-NY, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee.
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