Trump admin's executive privilege claims stifle Russia investigation
Key figures in President Donald Trump's White House  are claiming that executive privilege keeps  them  from testifying before the investigations into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
 The White House  claims that pretty much everything is off limits until  the president  says it's not.
WASHINGTON (AP) —  President Donald Trump 's White House is relying on a sweeping interpretation of executive privilege that is rankling members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as current and former advisers parade to Capitol Hill for questioning about possible connections with Russia.
 The White House's  contention: Pretty much everything is off limits until  the president  says it's not.
That posture has not been uniformly extended to Congress  though. And Wednesday  there were new signs other  Trump  associates would be less than totally forthcoming.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California  the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee  said former  Trump  campaign manager Corey Lewandowski  who never served in the  Trump  administration  had adopted the administration's posture in his interview with the committee. After saying he would answer all of the committee's questions  Lewandowski on Wednesday refused to answer any about things that happened after his time on the campaign  saying he wasn't prepared  Schiff said.
[TGT]are claiming that executive privilege keeps  [TGT]  from testifying before the investigations into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
 [TGT]  claims that pretty much everything is off limits until  the president  says it's not.
WASHINGTON (AP) —  [TGT] 's White House is relying on a sweeping interpretation of executive privilege that is rankling members of Congress on both sides of the aisle as current and former advisers parade to Capitol Hill for questioning about possible connections with Russia.
 [TGT]  contention: Pretty much everything is off limits until  the president  says it's not.
That posture has not been uniformly extended to Congress  though. And Wednesday  there were new signs other  [TGT]  associates would be less than totally forthcoming.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California  the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee  said former  [TGT]campaign manager Corey Lewandowski  who never served in the  [TGT]  administration  had adopted the administration's posture in his interview with the committee. After saying he would answer all of the committee's questions  Lewandowski on Wednesday refused to answer any about things that happened after his time on the campaign  saying he wasn't prepared  Schiff said.