Legal Opinion

Application of 18 U.S.C. § 603 to Activities in the White House Involving the President

Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel

Decided January 17, 1979Published

1Opinion of the Court

January 17, 1979 79-6 MEMORANDUM OPINION FOR THE ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL, CRIMINAL DIVISION The President—Interpretation of

18 U.S.C. § 603

as Applicable to Activities in the White House This responds to your memorandum of November 30 requesting our opinion concerning the application of

18 U.S.C. § 603

to activities in the White House involving the President.' Your inquiry arises in connection with a pending investigation of the allegation that during the course of an August 10, 1978 luncheon for about 20 Democratic Party donors and fund-” raisers that took place in the Family Dining Room of…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. GermaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  3. Ex Parte CurtisSupreme Court of the United States · 1882
  4. Steele v. United States No. 2Supreme Court of the United States · 1925
  5. United States v. ThayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1908

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