Breaking News - Judge rejects Trump's claim that Ukraine emails enjoy "executive privilege": "Simply doesn’t cut it"

President Donald Trump and others in his administration have been claiming that a batch of 2019 emails discussing his hold on military aid to Ukraine are protected by "executive privilege." But U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson — the Barack Obama appointee who sentenced Trump ally Roger Stone to 40 months in prison — rejected that argument on Monday, Aug. 10, ruling that the 21 emails in question enjoy no such protection. Jackson, journalist Josh Gerstein reports in Politico, ruled that the...

Source: https://www.salon.com/2020/08/11/judge-rejects-trumps-claim-that-ukraine-emails-enjoy-executive-privilege-simply-doesnt-cut-it_partner/