Robert Reich: “Such a blanket edict fits a dictator of a banana republic, not the president of a constitutional republic founded on separation of powers.”

“If Congress cannot question the people who are making policy, or obtain critical documents, Congress cannot function as a coequal branch of government.”

“If Congress cannot get information about the executive branch, there is no longer any separation of powers, as sanctified in the US constitution.”

“There is only one power – the power of the president to rule as he wishes. Which is what Donald Trump has sought all along.”