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- DictionaryEx·ec·u·tive priv·i·lege/ɪɡˈzɛkjədɪv/
noun
- 1. the privilege, claimed by the president for the executive branch of the US government, of withholding information in the public interest.
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Power of the President of the United States and other members of the executive branch of the United States Government
Executive privilege is the right of the president of the United States and other members of the executive branch to maintain confidential communications under certain circumstances within the executive branch and to resist some subpoenas and other oversight by the legislative and judicial branches of government in pursuit of particular information or personnel relating to those confidential commun... Wikipedia