A King Or A President?

Congress is investigating the Kennedy Center, and Trump is saying no. He has said he has executive privilege; you see, in Trump's mind, he is a king, and no one questions the king.

Trump Citing Executive Privilege In Kennedy Center Case, Democrat Claims

By Conor Murray,

Forbes 

Oct 04, 2026

Lawyers representing Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, plaintiff in the federal Kennedy Center court case, accused the Trump administration of withholding “core financial documents” and information about Trump’s threats to demolish the venue during the discovery process, accusing the administration of an “extremely improper” attempt to wield executive privilege.

Key Facts:

Lawyers representing Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, plaintiff in the federal Kennedy Center court case, accused the Trump administration of withholding “core financial documents” and information about Trump’s threats to demolish the venue during the discovery process, accusing the administration of an “extremely improper” attempt to wield executive privilege.

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• The filing also accuses the Trump administration of refusing to produce information regarding Trump’s threats to demolish the Kennedy Center, even after a federal judge ruled Beatty could seek discovery about “two separate threats by Chairman Trump to close or demolish the Kennedy Center” that she previously submitted to the court.

• Beatty’s lawyers claimed the administration is attempting to withhold communications involving Trump, who is the chairman of the Kennedy Center, based on an executive privilege claim, which Beatty’s lawyers called “plainly inappropriate” and has “left her without meaningful discovery in this important matter.”

So what is he hiding? What's the smoking gun that Trump doesn't want the voters to see? He wants to treat communications about running a board of trustees as if they are matters of national security, just to have a shield to hide from public view of the voters.

As Board Chairman, he has entirely different legal and fiduciary responsibilities than he does as president, and it is those specific duties that are now being called into question.

“It is simply not true, as the Department of Justice now seems to believe, that any communications that the President has with anyone are per se privileged,” Beatty’s lawyers wrote, saying there is a “careful procedural process” that must be followed to invoke executive privilege.

But now it is up to the courts to decide if we have a king who is exempt from the law or a president who is subject to the law.