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How did US President Theodore Roosevelt extend the powers of executive privilege from foreign to domestic affairs?
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Near the end of his term as president, President Theodore Roosevelt extended executive privilege to domestic affairs. The situation involved the refusal of the US Attorney General to turn over documents that explained why legal proceedings had not been instituted against the US Steel Corporation. The Senate threatened then to imprison the head of the Bureau of Corporations for contempt as the desired documents were discovered to be held by the Bureau head. Roosevelt interjected himself into the affair by having the documents delivered to the White House. Roosevelt then challenged the US Congress to impeach him.President William Howard Taft soon became the new president and also refused to provide the documents the Senate had requested. The matter was dropped.
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