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Other lawsuit involving the presidents accounting firm that he lost in federal court yesterday. but 2:30 p.m. tomorrow a judge will hear those arguments about the deutsche bank part of this. i cannot wait to hear those arguments. that does it for us tonight. that does it for us tonight. now its time for "the last word with lawrence odonnell." >> good evening, rachel. if you really cant wait to hear the arguments, why dont you wait a few minutes and hear harvard lawyer professor laurence tribe ta...

Presidents business is all about, but, of course, as the judge explained, it is very much the peoples business. its related to legislation that might have to be enacted to enforce the ban on presidential receipt of foreign bribes and emoluments. its related to possible corruption. its related to the ethics in government act. theres no basis to deny that subpoena so the court refused even to say its decision. when it gets to the supreme court, i would expect that all nine justices, and i mean all...

Today, again, refusing to answer a question from congresswoman ayanna pressle y. >> yes or no. if left unaddressed, do you believe the substandard public housing conditions pose a risk to tenants physical, mental and emotional health? if left unaddressed. >> yes or no, can you ask me some questions, yourself -- >> you dont get to dictate what my line of questioning is. reclaiming my time. >> joining our discussion now, former secretary of housing and urban development, julian castro. hes also a ...

Hearing today and what it means for the department of housing and urban development. >> well, its a classic case of, you know, it would be funny if it werent so sad because as you pointed out, and representative katie porter and others pointed out today, there are 4.4 million people who are waiting for housing ahous housing assistance, not being served who need it. at the same time, the trump administration proposed over a 16% cut to huds budget that already is only serving one out of every four...

If thats the case, is it possible that this court, if theyre unanimous in that view, that they wouldnt even hear the case if the president appeals it from the circuit court of appeals? >> its quite possible. its possible that they would just duck. if the circuit court does what any self-respecting circuit court would do, and that is affirm this obviously correct decision, they might simply deny, or might put the thing on a very fast track and rule against the president. but the reason, its not t...

The judge wrote "this court is not prepared to roll back history. the judge said the subpoena must be obeyed and donald trumps lawsuit does raise, quote, serious legal questions. today the president filed an appeal of that case in the district of columbia circuit court of appeals where the chief judge is merrick garland who was president obamas last nominee to the united states supreme court. a nomination that senate republicans blocked for a year and held the seat open so that president trump c...

From testifying is going to fail. its only a matter of time, and the president clearly has a plan running out the clock. but i think that courts are going to speed up these matters. the court has held in previous occasions that its especially important to move quickly when a whole branch of the united states government is being stonewalled, when subpoenas are being defied, and all of the precedents point to a clear conclusion, the jig is up. >> professor, im surprised to hear you say you expect ...

Records. to discuss this, joining us now is laurence tribe, harvard law professor of constitutional law. he is the co-author of "to end a presidency: the power of impeachment." professor tribe, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. i want to get your reading of this very important case yesterday that seems to possibly be the precedent-setting case, actually, picking up and carrying the precedent that has been with us for many years in into now the enforcement of subpo...

Because theres an understanding or belief that that will make the arguments to get the materials quicker. whats really frustrating everyone, every single democrat, is that democrats won in november to be a check and balance on donald trump. we had a mueller report that actually found obstruction of justice. it lays out a pretty compelling case for obstruction of justice and what is donald trumps response? to obstruct the investigation so that there will be no further airing of his obstruction of...

Congress has the power to investigate not only in connection with impeachment, but as judge mada said, even when it is not contemplating impeachment. here, it plainly is going to be. even we its not contemplating impeachment, it has a function of finding out what happened, what the truth is, so that it can legislate, make sure that the executive branch, which is supposed to enforce and not defy the laws of the united states, is doing so honestly and not corruptly. its all very clear and very sim...