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safety returns around donald trumps arraignments and snl returns just in time >> frankly, it is time that come clean and admit that broke the law. and go quietly to prison april fools. >> i am jonathan capehart. this is a sunday show. martin luther king junio famously said the arc of the moral universe is along, and dance towards justice. donald trump dodged the draf and he allegedly does not pa as contractors he called for the death penalt for the central part 5 children wrongly accus...

coup-plotting and pathologically duplicitous ex-president to subvert american democrat see and the process of given the persistent power of donald j. trump in the republican party and the depoched and decrepit party, will end the way it did with wyoming congresswoman liz cheney losing in a landslide. cheneys unforgivable sin in the ice of maga voters and a bunch of other republican voters, too, along with team trump cultivated and blessed the candidate who defeated her when it came to ...

>> there are a number of thing im going to be looking for. first of all, is it only limited to the david peppe donald trump scheme to basically catch and kill woman who are about to release information on donald trump? >> to be, clear catch and kill stories. >> exactly >> which involves stormy daniels, and here in mcdougal. the question is does it go beyond that? one, we know that the trum organization itself is already been convicted of a felony for falsifying documents we know that donald trum...

Political witch hunt, stay tuned, i think we probably will see some additional developments in court, john. >> cara ska nel, appreciate the hustle. lets discuss in studio, cnns malika henderson, former federal prosecutor, shan wu, lets start with you, what does it tell you, the head of the trump organization before he was president. its logical he will fight it. what does had tell you the attorney general has decided i want to depose donald j. trump. >> hes an important person to depose very log...

They were hoping that this information would help them to glean more information. but meadows has had second thoughts. in the letter to the committee, he expressed a reservations about what may or may not be covered under the executive privilege as part of that interview. he suggested, perhaps, that he may invoke his 5th amendment privilege. he expressed concern about the fact the committee had requested phone records for not only him, but for others that are connected to this investigation. now...

Documents. in this case theyll have a law enforcement privilege. theyll say its protected, were protecting a criminal investigation. we shouldnt be required to turn these documents over. theres another one some people make claim, there is an active production privilege. even if you have documents, you have a 5th amendment privilege not to testify and in limited circumstances you can say my documents -- my tax returns, that should be privileged. one of the things that is clear here, this is full ...

Cooperate with the government, giving up his 5th amendment privilege, if he has one, that means cooperating truthfully and theres ways to ensure that a cooperating does that. >> having had experience, i want to get your take on this other tweet today about comey and the special council looking into the russia election meddling. saying it stemmed from a classified leak, to the comey memos. does the president have a point and what does it mean for the future of mueller investigation? >> i dont thi...

Fiercely loyal to president trump. at what point does legal jeopardy outweigh loyalty. cnn analyst, former water special prosecutor. richard good to see you. the president doesnt think he will flip to save himself. what factors might determine that? >> it is odd to hear the president of the united states sounding like tony soprano talking about his lawyer flipping. whether it asked to give testimony, whether mr. cohen will assert a 5th amendment privilege. which is his right to do or give testim...

Really an admission of guilt, and what he is getting into here is an obstruction of justice. you could do something that under normal circumstances would be totally legal and proper, but if you do it with a corrupt intent, an intent to protect yourself and your family, you could be guilty of obstruction of justice. to give you an example, i frequently advise people their best interest is to assert their 5th amendment privilege and not speak to authorities, but if i do it to keep them from talkin...

Correct? >> sure. there are e-mails they were initiated she wanted a one-week delay. she is had nine months. what you dont see are the telephone conversations between staff and her attorney. we fully expected her to testify. that was not a show hearing. >> she comes in and she takes the 5th amendment. her lawyer interestingly enough wasnt there an agreement she would testify, he says theres no pos i wanted that ms. learner would be given a fair opportunity to speak or tell the truth. that is the...