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Trump denies discussing Fauci prosecution with Blanche, Pirro

President says he hasn't spoken to AG or DC U.S. Attorney about prosecuting Dr. Fauci after Fifth Amendment invocation.

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Trump denies discussing Fauci prosecution with Blanche, Pirro
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Summary, timeline and people extracted by Claude from 6 items across 3 sources · 7h ago. Quotes are verbatim.

President Trump stated on August 10 that he has not discussed prosecuting Dr. Anthony Fauci with Attorney General Todd Blanche or U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro, despite Republican Senate pressure following Fauci's Fifth Amendment invocation at a recent hearing. The denial came as the Trump administration's Office of Legal Counsel issued a broad opinion extending executive privilege to communications with non-governmental advisers like Boris Epshteyn, Rudy Giuliani, and Elon Musk.

  • Trump denied coordinating with AG Blanche or U.S. Attorney Pirro on prosecuting Fauci, despite Senate Republican pressure following Fauci's Fifth Amendment invocation.
  • Administration's Office of Legal Counsel issued broad opinion extending executive privilege to communications with outside advisers like Epshteyn, Giuliani, and Musk, potentially shielding them from subpoenas.
  • Indiana recount commission decision favored Trump-backed Paula Copenhaver in state Senate primary, giving her narrow three-vote edge over incumbent Spencer Deery.

How it unfolded

  1. Report Indiana recount shifts state Senate race

    Indiana Recount Commission threw out 10 votes (8 for Deery, 2 for Copenhaver), giving Trump-backed Paula Copenhaver a three-vote edge over incumbent Spencer Deery in contested Republican primary.

  2. Event Trump denies Fauci prosecution discussions

    President Trump told Semafor that he has not spoken to Attorney General Todd Blanche or U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro about prosecuting Dr. Anthony Fauci.

    “I have not spoken to them about that, no”

    President Trump · Press ↗
  3. Report Senate Republicans pressure Fauci prosecution

    Republican senators convened to discuss potential prosecution of Fauci after he invoked Fifth Amendment protections during a Senate Homeland Security hearing on Covid.

  4. Report OLC expands executive privilege doctrine

    The Trump administration's Office of Legal Counsel released an opinion allowing executive privilege to extend to communications with non-governmental advisers including Boris Epshteyn, Rudy Giuliani, and Elon Musk, provided communications relate to official presidential decisionmaking.

    “The President's constitutional prerogative to seek advice, however, is not limited by the employment status of the adviser”

    T. Elliott Gaiser, Assistant Attorney General · Mastodon ↗

What people are saying verbatim

“I have not spoken to them about that, no”

President Trump, President · The Hill / Semafor ↗ · Aug 9

“The President's constitutional prerogative to seek advice, however, is not limited by the employment status of the adviser”

T. Elliott Gaiser, Assistant Attorney General · NBC News ↗ · Aug 9

“The unrestrained ability to gather information is essential to the President's executive function”

T. Elliott Gaiser, Assistant Attorney General · NBC News ↗ · Aug 9

“Such an outcome not only would impair the President's Article II functions, but ultimately would harm the public itself”

T. Elliott Gaiser, Assistant Attorney General · NBC News ↗ · Aug 9

“attempt to undermine the will of voters by treating ballots differently based on whether they furthered the president's political goals”

Spencer Deery, Incumbent Indiana state senator · NBC News ↗ · Aug 10