Podcasts History This Day in Esoteric Political History Washington Asserts His Privilege (1796) w/ Lindsay M. Chervinsky

Washington Asserts His Privilege (1796) w/ Lindsay M. Chervinsky

Published: March 29, 2022, 8:30 a.m.

It\u2019s March 28th. This day in 1796, President Washington cited executive privilege in refusing a request for documents from Congress. This started a long and messy tradition of presidents shielding their actions from oversight.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by historian Lindsay M. Chervinsky to discuss why Washington finally drew an oversight line \u2014 and how others have tried to move that line over the centuries since.

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Lindsay Chervinsky\u2019s book is The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution. She is co-host of the podcast The Past, The Promise, The Presidency.

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