That’s from Sen. Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) opening statement at the hearing, as he made a point of saying that the Senate Judiciary Committee’s fight is not with Sara Taylor, but “with the White House,” which, he said, had issued a “gag order” in the form of an assertion of executive privilege.
Ranking Member Arlen Specter (R-PA) said that he hoped that the committee would not seek to cite Taylor with contempt for refusing to answer questions that the president claimed was protected by privilege.