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They will pursue legal remedies against hope hicks and mrs. donaldson and just as they have for mr. mcgahn and as they will for all the rest of them. as they continue to is up muellers witnesses. and they then try to enforce those legally binding subpoenas while the white house orders all those witnesses to not peep. the justice department meanwhile is scrambling itself to try to hold off the prospect that attorney general william barr is himself going to be held in contempt again tomorrow for a...

Concerning the president himself arose during his time as irs chief counsel he would seek advice from ethics officials as to whether or not he should recuse himself on such matters. that guy has been in there since february. now here it is may. and now the irs is definitely dealing with a specific matter related to the presidents taxes, right? the irs is confronted with this legally binding demand from congress that they need to -- they shall hand over the presidents tax returns to congressman r...

Hes been there since february of this year. no republicans voted against him when he was confirmed in the senate. now, desmond was partners at a d.c. law firm with president trumps current tax attorneys. desmond also admitted during his confirmation process that yes, maybe it was possible that at one point in his career he had advised the trump organization on tax matters. but he insisted really that was no big deal and there would be no conflict. he said during his confirmation process that if ...

Directives. injunctions have the effect of binding the government from implementing laws or policies at least until the issue is fully litigated. some legal advocates say the shift is necessary when the alleged harm is nationwide, the legal relief must be as well. >> the suggestion that its only very liberal judges who are putting a hold on president trumps policies is simply not true. this is a matter of justice. its not a matter of politics when it comes to the judicial branch. >> the trump ad...

Good job of laying out the law here. a case he cited which is persuasive authority, not binding. but it indicates that the white house is just wrong here. >> charlie. it is clear that this is heading towards a court fight almost certainly. you heard that from jerry nadler and heard it when he said our subpoenas are not optional. where does this go next in your view? >> well, after congress votes to recommend holding him in contempt, it will go to the house floor and at some point nancy pelosi wh...

Rights of persons with disabilities requested that french authorities suspend the. decision to take him off life support while it examined the case mondays like decision from the paris appeal court ordered kid to be continued until united nations committee could consider an appeal from long parents. and for more on the case im joined by our correspondent louis embarrass the center of this case has already been all the way to the european court of justice which ruled in favor of the wifes positio...

For trump, because, one, the speed with which can was decided shows these things can be decided quickly, and he talked about the need for that. >> six days. >> also refused to stay his order. asked for a stay while they appeal. no. seven days. now, theyll appeal it, but that may or may not happen in seven days. again, he really talked about the basic principles that are so, going to be so important in this battle going forward. >> and it could establish a predicate binding on the next judge in a...

With this absolute immunity idea. any close adviser to the president has absolute immunity to subpoenas from congress, which i think is a legally untenable position. the one court that has ruled on this, even though its not binding, has said that is a lawless position essentially. i do not think that would be upheld in the courts. will hope hicks come in voluntarily? maybe. i think at this point democrats should assume no one is coming voluntarily. its all through subpoena and all litigated in t...

And say, would i do it differently if i was congress. as long as its in the general ballpark of congressional authority the subpoena is going to be enforced and very significant, the judge did not agree to stay this decision, to hold off on enforcing it until an appeal can be done. unless the appeals court or the supreme court stays this order that subpoena has to be complied with by the accounting firm right away. thats right, the only delay will be that it takes a few days for the accounting f...

Decided? >> senator, i dont mean to be coy, but i get into a difficult -- a difficult area when i start commenting on supreme court decisions which are correctly decided and which i may disagree with. again, my personal, political, or religious views i would set aside. that is supreme court precedent. it is binding. if i were honored to be confirmed, i would be bound by it, and, of course, i would uphold it. >> you believe it was correctly decided? >> yes, senator. as a judicial nominee, its not...