'Executive privilege is a shield, not a sword, and cannot be relied upon to silence a former official like John Bolton if he is willing to testify,' said Bradley Moss, a national security law expert.
As the long-anticipated battle over witness testimony in Donald Trump's impeachment trial edges closer, the central question remains: Does the president have a right to block officials from participating based on his executive privilege?
But legal experts have a different view, arguing that the president doesn't have the power to block officials from the process completely. Plus, he said, if Trump were to take the issue of executive privilege to court he'd likely fail. During the Watergate probe of President Richard Nixon in 1974, the Supreme Court required the White House to comply with a congressional subpoena to turn over evidence. The president, the justices ruled, can't withhold important information from a criminal investigation.
Chuck Schumer, the top Democrat in the Senate, called the revelations"stunning" in a press conference Monday on Capitol Hill."Bolton essentially confirms the president committed the offenses charged in the first article of impeachment." "He knows some of my thoughts. He knows what I think about leaders. What happens if he reveals what I think about a certain leader and it's not very positive?" Trump said.
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