Just one day after Todd Blanche was sworn in as attorney general, the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a new memorandum expanding what constitutes “executive privilege,” extending the presidential ...

A new Department of Justice (DOJ) memo argues the president can assert executive privilege not just over communications with his White House staff, but also with “private advisors” outside of ...

Communications that President Donald Trump has with advisers who don’t even work for his administration can be protected by executive privilege, the Justice Department said in a memo Monday evening ...

"Although private advisers are not subordinate to the President in the way that Executive Branch employees are, executive privilege resides with the President and is asserted by him," the memo reads.

Meanwhile, most law firms that have received the DOJ's subpoenas have objected to them and, as of Tuesday, have produced nothing or minimal responses, according to a source familiar with the matter.