'With Wednesday's vote, Congress has begun to fight back and stand up for itself,' writes eliehonig for CNNOpinion
In this weekly column"Cross-exam," Elie Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor and CNN legal analyst, gives his take on the latest legal news and answers questions from readers. Post your questions below. The views expressed in this commentary are his own. View more opinion articles on CNN. Watch Honig answer reader questions on"CNN Newsroom" at 5:40 p.m. ET Sundays.
Our system of checks and balances is out of balance. Over the past several months, President Donald Trump and the White House have taken a blunt -- but thus far effective -- tack in response to efforts by Congress to exercise its core constitutional oversight authority: You'll get nothing, and you'll like it.
Members of Congress have expressed frustration with the executive branch's stonewalling. But, until now, they have taken little action and achieved no measurable results in their efforts to obtain crucial information on important issues, including the findings of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.Elie Honig Now Trump has raised the ante by asserting executive privilege over the entire unredacted Mueller report, trying to keep private the materials that Democrats have subpoenaed.
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