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Originally Posted by Willravel
Executive privilege is about the separation of powers, or protecting the distinctness of the branches. I don't see how answering these questions would have done any harm to that (unless the answers to the questions would not reflect favorably on the president and vice president, in which case they would be using executive privilege as their own personal 5th Amendment).
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I think the WH offered to have their people answer questions. Congress wants to make a side show out of their alleged quest for truth. Using Constitutional power for that purpose is an abuse of power or a mockery of the true role of Congress, don't you agree?
I use hyperbole a bit, but it seems there are not many here who are willing to even consider the fact that Congress's quest for truth might be just a bit more for political purposes rather than for getting at the "truth".