The attorneys want the White House to have an opportunity to claim executive privilege over information drawn from documents and interviews with White House officials, the sources said. That is not a matter to be discussed with the White House before the matter is sent to Congress," he said. Emmett Flood, the White House lawyer tasked with handling the White House's response to the Mueller probe, and officials have held meetings to game out the White House's response to whatever becomes public, a senior White House official said. While the White House has tried to avoid commenting on the probe, that could change once the Mueller report emerges, particularly if it is exculpatory, a senior White House official said. "This White House will do everything legally in its power to work with the Democrats and the House to get them information that they need," a senior White House official said.

Source: CNN March 18, 2019 22:52 UTC