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Other with regard to an insurrection that was underfoot? >> i think you can make a very compelling statement that whatever it was that donald trump said to mark meadows or steve bannon or whatever, the safety of the republic and the insurrection, learning what happened there, has to be more important than whatever it was that they said. and so i think that president bidens decision is on very sound ground. i think the place where theres a gap in the law, which as you identify, there is not a lot...

>> thats true. it doesnt have anything to do with his presidency, although it does a bit in that one of the committees is looking to see his finances to determine whether it needs to change some of the financial disclosure requirements that all presidents have to comply with and all executive branch officials. so in that way, it does impact on this. but this is his earnings going back ten years, and i think one of the things that still the public so curious is president trump has worked so hard ...

Courts legitimatety in this country. >> correct me if im wrong. these speak to his finances, his private life, and his prepresidential years, correct? >> thats true. it doesnt have anything to do with his presidency, although it does a bit in that one of the committees is looking to see his finances to determine whether it needs to change some of the financial disclosure requirements that all presidents have to comply with and all executive branch officials. so in that way, it does impact on thi...

His private life, and his pre-presidential years, correct? >> thats true. it doesnt have anything to do with his presidency although it does a little bit in that one of the committees is looking to see his finances to determine whether it needs to change some of the financial disclosure requirements that all presidents have to comply with and all executive branch officials. so in that way, it does impact on this. but this is his earnings going back ten years, and i think one of the things that h...

Involved president trumps scheme were communicating with the presidents lawyer who was also involved in the scheme, a journalist and a staff member of congress and another member of congress. we did not at all seek in any way shape or form to do any investigation on any member of congress. it just happened to be that they were in communication with people involved in the presidents scheme. >> everything you did was standard operating procedure for a well run investigation? >> every investigation...

They never reached toout to enge in this accommodation process. it was a complete stonewall not only will the white house not participate or respond toe the duly authorized subpoenas of congress but were going to direct every other executive branch agency to defy this. >> i have a a series and please keep your answers brief if you can. during last weeks hearing my republican colleague said that congress has not built a sufficient record to impeach. as a former prosecutor you have spent years bui...

>> well, speaking of kuppermans counsel, his lawyer does call this a momentous constitutional dispute. whenever this ult mightiimatelyg decided and wherever it goes, how important could it be? >> well, this line between where the presidents power to keep information in secret and where congresss power to compel the production of information for oversight or impeachment purposes, where you draw that line is very murky. theres very, very few concrete rock solid supreme court precedents to tell us ...

This could be considered obstruction if articles of impeachment were to be filed in the weeks ahead. >> thank you so much, sarah. i appreciate your reporting. also breaking tonight, "the new york times" reporting that a second official, a member of the u.s. intelligence community, is weighing whether to file a whistle-blower complaint about trumps dealings with ukraine. lets discuss now. ryan lizza, carrie cordero, and max boot. max is the author of "the corrosion of conservatism: why i left t...

Whistle-blower complaint about trumps dealings with ukraine. lets discuss now. ryan lizza, carrie cordero, and max boot. max is the author of the corrosion of conservatism, why i left the right. quickly before we get to this, carrie, what does this mean now that mike pompeo has missed a deadline? what happens next? what do we know? >> well, i think theyre just going to have to keep going back and forth, and theyll have to decide whether theyre going to try to enforce it in court. normally what y...

Everything just goes out. >> no one, i dont think, ever fully anticipated a president who would consider himself so firmly above the law that he wouldnt engage in any sort of accommodation practice with congress. you know, in the past obviously presidents dont like to be questioned, often dont want to turn over information. so theres an accommodation process. information can go first to the gang of eight, the eight key leaders in congress and the senate, or some other process of a negotiation ov...