PADILLA JOINS DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES IN CONDEMNING TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ATTEMPTS TO SHIELD COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN TRUMP AND PRIVATE ADVISERS FROM CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Alex Padilla issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff (both D-Calif.), along with Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and seven Democratic colleagues, pushed back against a recent opinion from the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) asserting that presidential executive privilege applies to communications between the President and his private, non-governmental advisers.

In a letter sent to White House Counsel David Warrington, the Senators emphasized that OLC lacks the authority to override judicial precedent and unilaterally dictate the boundaries of congressional oversight as they attempt to shield communications involving ...