Subject: BREAKING NEWS: White House says Trump will not assert executive privilege to block Comey's testimony
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Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 12:20:17 -0600
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President Donald Trump will not invoke executive privilege in order to block former FBI Director James Comey from testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Thursday, deputy White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Monday.

"The president's power to exert executive privilege is very well established," Sanders said at Monday's White House press briefing. "However, in order to facilitate a swift and thorough examination of the facts sought by the Senate Intelligence Committee, President Trump will not assert executive privilege regarding James Comey's scheduled testimony."

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