Jeffrey Clark and John Eastman are pleading the Fifth. Congress can still make

Since then, it’s become increasingly hard for Trump’s associates to credibly hide behind executive privilege. On Nov. 9, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan handed down a decision eviscerating Trump’s claim that records of the White House’s involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection are somehow privileged. Three days later, the Justice Department indicted Stephen K. Bannon, the right-wing media personality and Trump consigliere, alleging contempt of Congress, after Bannon cited the privilege in his own refusal to testify. In the face of all that, former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows has apparently shelved his erstwhile claims of privilege and is cooperating with the committee.