IMO invoking executive privilege is a very stupid move in this case. It enables the Dems and their Leftist media accomplices to now further claim a coverup, which too many not paying attention people would find plausable.
It should have just been blasted out that what the House Dems were demanding IS illegal.
The political optics was what prevented Trump from firing Mueller even though he had all the authority he needed to do so.
The President didn't invoke executive privilege here to keep the Democrats from seeing the full report. It was done to prevent Congress from demanding testimony from every member of the executive branch who ever had a conversation with Trump.
Read the letter that was sent from the White House counsel to Congress over this matter. That's exactly what the letter says.
They want executive privilege to be a cornerstone of the scotus case when it gets there
“...It should have just been blasted out that what the House Dems were demanding IS illegal....”
The RATS are the epitome of “illegal”...if it suits their end, breaking the law is OK. So many examples of this. I think the bottom line is that no matter what Trump/Barr do, the RATS will be running around in their maze of unreality lying and screaming about something. They are, and have, nothing else. Anti-American empty useless suits.
I wholeheartedly disagree. The damage of a trumpeted contempt citation against AG Barr would be a higher price to pay than defending the privilege claim. The mediots are going to push the dem party line anyway, so...
It should have just been blasted out that what the House Dems were demanding IS illegal.
The "blast" would be deflected by the mediots' rantings, IMO. Now, should the dems decide to pursue a lawsuit against the privilege claim, they will have to answer for their demands that AG Barr violate law in a court. It's very black and white - I do not see how they can justify it legally. Even the Watergate grand jury information was only released under court order - and the dems have failed to pursue such a court order.
Also, consider that tweet storms from President Trump are only so useful in getting his enemies to back down. Under the privilege claim, they will have to fight a protracted battle in the courts to invalidate their own laws, which serves the dems' interests much less than getting AG Barr to violate the law.
President Trump does not play the Washington DC game. He protects his people, when they do their job. AG Barr is doing his job very well at the moment, IMHO.