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And i think were going to continue to hear that. the other thing to watch for, brian, between now and july 17th are -- is can this president contain himself? can the president stop himself from picking up the phone, calling the attorney general, and trying to talk the attorney general into some kind of claim of immunity? will there be a hope hicks situation where miss hicks showed up but wasnt allowed to answer questions? whats going to transpire? >> i want to play for you, this is robert muelle...

But theyre already starting to say well, maybe there was some sign of obstruction, but he didnt really mean it. and i think were going to continue to hear that. the other thing to watch for, brian, between now and july 17th are -- is can this president contain himself? can the president stop himself from picking up the phone, calling the attorney general, and trying to talk the attorney general into some kind of claim of immunity? will there be a hope hicks situation where miss hicks showed up b...

Committee in public session. >> okay. thats fair. let me ask you about this. your committee reached an agreement with don mcgahns former chief of staff donaldson. shes important had that she appears many, many times in the mueller report. she took copious notes in key meetings with president trump. but "politico" is reporting that theyre expected to assert absolute immunity over her testimony. what is your committees next move? >> well, the idea that theres absolute immunity is a very bizarre as...

Theorist. but a lot of folks are really? the house committee yesterday said during hope hicks testimony trump administration lawyers intervened over 150 times citing immunity. seeking to challenge that claim, jerry nadler told politico the administrations objections very much played into our hands and that the hicks interview was very useful to give us the record to show the judge how extreme it really is. elliott, let me stay on you with this one. nadler is saying that he got something signific...

Time ago. the long-time trump employee and confidante of the first senior administration official mention in the mueller report to testify before congress. well, as expected, the democrats on the house judiciary committee didnt get a lot of answers from her, which, of course, they claim is a conspiracy by the president. we should note hicks is now executive n vp and chief of communications for fox corporation. joining me now is alan dershowitz, law professor emeritus and wrote a forward to the p...

Absolute immunity in court but havent indicted yet if theyll make hicks the test case. saying, hope hicks answered questions and testified for about seven hours yesterday. a transcript of the sessions is expected to be released sometime soon. joining us now is msnbc legal annist. did hope hicks have the legal right to refuse to answer questions? >> that would ultimately be for a court to determine. when a congress wants to subpoena executive branch comments, it goes to the courts to decide. real...

Extraordinary moment, encapsulating the extent to which white house counsel and hicks own lawyers dont want to to answer questions whatever. >> the white house ends up in court? >> the plan is to exert executive privilege. the moment she was talking about is striking, the president allowed his staff to talk to mueller on the record. now to exert executive privilege, democrats think thats where they will get wiggle room, she already answered the questions. now were tolling up and asking whether o...

About the june 9, 2016 meeting between senior campaign officials and a russian own. on june 29 hicks warned the president that the emails setting up the june 9 meeting were bad and the story would be massive when it broke but the president told her and kushner, quote, leave it alone. so she is central to one of the ten counts that robert mueller said not my decision to make, but if you wanted to make an obstruction case heres a road map. >> shes definitely central. her being in front of the comm...

To your point. the president had considered her like a daughter. she was so close to trump. now cnn has learned the two rarely speak. sources say it is hicks attempt to distance herself from trump world as a whole. but that she still supports this president. do you think that maybe she thinks theres a legal risk here in speaking with him? >> well, let me give you a little history, i noticed after people left the nixon administration, not very many of them had nixons -- their time at the nixon wh...

House democrats behind closed doors on capitol hill today, lots of folks were waiting for this. for white house staffer will answer questions tied to allegations of obstruction laid out in the mueller report. she will not address questions about working in the trump administration, writing a letter to the judiciary committee chairman saying this hicks is immune from being compelled to testify with respect to matters during her service as senior advisor to the president. hicks is executive vice p...