Donald Trump Jr claims client attorney privilege on Donald Trump, but neither of them is a lawyer

Donald Trump Jr. refused to answer questions from the Senate about the Russia collusion investigation claiming client-attorney privilege. Problem is, neither him nor Trump are lawyers.

According to Politico:

Donald Trump Jr. on Wednesday cited attorney-client privilege to avoid telling lawmakers about a conversation he had with his father, President Donald Trump, after news broke this summer that the younger Trump — and top campaign brass — had met with Russia-connected individuals in Trump Tower during the 2016 campaign.

Though neither Trump Jr. nor the president is an attorney, Trump Jr. told the House Intelligence Committee that there was a lawyer in the room during the discussion, according to the committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Adam Schiff of California. Schiff said he didn’t think it was a legitimate invocation of attorney-client privilege.

Schiff, by the way, called on Don Jr's bullshit excuse and told him that was not the purpose of attorney-client privilege.

And in fact it isn't. Attorney-client privilege excuses a LAWYER from disclosing his communications with his client, not an observer who does not have a legal relation in the communications.

In other words, What Don Jr's refusal is suggesting is that he knows his father was in the Russia collusion.