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Appearance of Presidential Assistant Peter M. Flanigan before a. Congressional Committee
This opinion concludes that Peter M. Flanigan, Assistant to the President, can decline to appear before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, since the president's immediate staff share his immunity from Congressional process, unless the inquiry is related to their private conduct. The opinion also includes three historical examples when presidential assistants refused to appear before a Congressional committee. 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/1225966/download.
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