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Imposed executive privilege on this, too. how is this case of executive privilege different from other congressional subpoenas? >> this is white house has already been extremely aggressive in their use of executive privilege. every white house has used it at times. this white house has been way more aggressive than prior administrations and this indication of executive privilege on the citizenship question goes really a step beyond. theyre treating executive privilege like a magic wand. it is no...

Investigations. it violates the separation of powers for congress to try to compel disclosure information that the executive branch has the right to maintain secrecy over. not forever. but while theres pending investigations and until a judge clears the grand jury. what theyre asking barr to do is violate the law. no court will compel an attorney general to violate the law. >> laura: barr, i should have referred to doj, not white house counsel. i was referencing mcgahn. but thats the case, sol n...

Brought dean to congress to testify up on capitol hill. it not richard nixon, but about the mueller investigation. the mueller investigation? baffling. john dean is 88 years old. he has nothing to do with robert mueller or his investigation. it dean hasnt worked in any of the last eight presidential administrations. when john dean last held a politically relevant job, francisco franco ran spain. it was a long time ago. so why was dean on capitol hill? simple, he works for jeff zucker known as cn...

It violates the separation of powers for congress to try to compel disclosure information that the executive branch has the right to maintain secrecy over. not forever. but while theres pending investigations and until a judge clears the grand jury. what theyre asking barr to do is violate the law. no court will compel an attorney general to violate the law. >> laura: barr, i should have referred to doj, not white house counsel. i was referencing mcgahn. but thats the case, sol no, compliance ha...

But now weve learned that the white house is also going to have a say in this. is that going to slow things down? is that appropriate? >> i dont know if its a question of whether its appropriate or not. certainly, past administrations have weighed in. the white house has weighed in on these types of decisions. but i think its an indication, though, that the president will attempt to use all of his lawful authority, you know, to prevent the information related to the mueller report from coming ou...

Dont. >> sean: checkmate, and congressman gaetz was one of many republicans who called out dean and his self-serving abusively biased testimony. it did i mention that he was a felon? any obstructed justice? take a look. >> the corrupt cobol of page, mccabe, comey and others, i believe that they have the godfather here. >> now we have john dean, 45 years ago went to pleading guilty of obstruction of justice, now coming into enlightened the judiciary committee on obstruction of justice when we cou...

Because 70% of democrats want something that 60% of americans dont. >> sean: checkmate, and congressman gaetz was one of many republicans who called out dean and his self-serving abusively biased testimony. it did i mention that he was a felon? any obstructed justice? take a look. >> the corrupt cobol of page, mccabe, comey and others, i believe that they have the godfather here. >> now we have john dean, 45 years ago went to pleading guilty of obstruction of justice, now coming into enlightened...

In the nixon administration. >> a pretty blunt assessment of the current president today from richard nixons former white house counsel. came during a hearing that republican lawmakers tried to dismiss as a stunt. we are happy to have back with us tonight bill kristol, veteran of the reagan and bush administrations, director of defending democracy together, and editor at large of the bullwork. bill, welcome. thank you for being here. what was the lasting, if any, impact from john deans appearanc...

People like don mcgahn, hope hicks, the two of them who are refusing to honor these subpoenas or respond to them. >> generally speaking past administrations had tried to cooperate with congressional subpoenas. with some exceptions. those exceptions have given us court cases including harriet everybody to defy these subpoenas. what were seeing ultimately the road leads as it should to some form of compromise. that maybe the bluster initially im not complying at all eventually gives way to rationa...

Sfrrmt he started with crazy and now hes nervous because nothing can stick because hes afraid of her. >> and independent be nervous, if i were hsh of course is in the presidents cabinet, by his side as he wasity fending white sue stew president, hes defending the indefensible pe flchl sfrch and other years, in other decades and in other administrations, she would be