executive privilege
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Governmentexecutive privilegeexˌecutive ˈprivilege noun [countable] American EnglishPGRIGHT/HAVE THE RIGHT TO the right of a president or other government leader to keep official records and papers secretExamples from the Corpusexecutive privilege• This is no time for waffling, hedging, or invoking executive privilege.• The closely related executive privilege situation is treated similarly.