Reading Room Document

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This memorandum from Ted Olson compiles a list of reasons why Fred F. Fielding, counsel to the president, should not testify before the Senate Labor and Human Resources committee, including historical precedent and the effect of testifying on future invocations of immunity. The memo also states that the committee "has shown a propensity towards . . . efforts to embarrass the Administration" and calls the request for testimony "a sham." The OLC does not provide release dates for its opinions, so the release date listed is the date on which the opinion was authored. The original opinion is available at https://justice.gov/olc/page/file/1226001/download.

July 29, 1982