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@mmjunkie @nytimes No, but the idea of doing that doesn't make sense. If you read the explainer I wrote, the point is that e.p. is only a shield -- a legal defense against a being prosecuted or sued for defying a subpoena. It is not a sword that a president can use to affirmatively shut people up.Permalink On twitter.com
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@mmjunkie @nytimes (*except for the notion that in theory a president could try to invoke e.p. as a basis for a lawsuit seeking a temporary restraining order to shut someone up, which has never happened and might violate the First Amendment)On twitter.com
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