“I will ask for your assurance that the Department of Justice and, in particular, our U.S. Attorneys, will not be employed in upcoming elections to seek to affect the outcome.”\ \ \ “If the White House sought to prevent the U.S. Attorney from bringing contempt charges to a grand jury as required by law, would you take any action to prevent the U.S. Attorney from doing so?”\ \ \ “Do you believe that the President has authority to override legal requirements and immunize acts of torture contrary to our treaty obligations and laws?”\ \ \ “I want to know your view of executive privilege. Do you view it as a communications privilege or something else? Do you think it extends to the actions and emails of political operatives in matters in which the President was not personally involved?”— Jon Ward, White House correspondent, The Washington Times
