(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has broadened the interpretation of “executive privilege,” a statute that shields certain sensitive presidential communications from public, judicial, or congressional oversight.

In a new authoritative memo, the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel expanded the scope of the term to include executive officials’ correspondences with “private advisers,” which means “anyone the President consults outside the Executive Branch.”

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