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Because there are actual definitions in the u.s. attorneys manual. what exactly is subject and the target is in the federal system and a target would potentially indicate somebody is about or is likely to face charges and theres criminality has been found. i dont want to go that far here, but thats at least what we know according to robert costello, the attorney general for giuliani, as far as this resignation. he had been called a material witness before, hallie, in court filings to compel giul...

Indication as to whether or not anybody in the former presidents orbit was involved in election interference in fulton county, georgia. well just have to see where all this goes. two questions i know youre going to ask. one, will giuliani still show up for the grand jury this week? costello says, yes, that is the plan at this point. his testimony had been postponed because of surgery that giuliani had. and then as far as whether or not hell get into the subject of any sort of conversations betwe...

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>> barbara, first off, what do you make of that exchange? also, does this potentially spell more legal trouble for the president? >> well, absolutely. the exchange is interesting. i suppose the law, you know, is playing defense there. i dont know she is being perfectly candid about what she discussed with the president, would possibly violate attorney/client privilege. i dont know that i would take her for her word. i think she found herself on the defensive and her comments may be understandabl...

>> yeah. it is not even far too broad. it basically doesnt exist. this is not like other disputes we had to date. this is the executive branch, investigating criminal behavior within the executive branch. this has come up before, including under clinton, with the same position, deputy white house counsel, and something pretty on point in the supreme court, and the courts have said, look, a, there is no personal attorney/client privilege, you work for the united states. and, b, an executive privi...

Not of a -- allowed to be overcome by the executive privilege.im then that is going trump claims of executive privilege or attorney client privilege. >> well played. thank you very much. when we come back from the fringes to the ballot box, al rest jones now faces consequences for his lays. but the election season is full of evidence that lies and conspiracy are gaining a getter foot hold in american politics. im jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn p...

Attorneys at the justice department that tells you what? >> it tells me that they are looking for information by engains with a dialogue with the justice department, i think that they are there in part to be able to by asking questions find out as much as they possibly can about the scope of the investigation. about whether mark meadows is going to be charged. about how close the investigation is coming to the former president. so while they can engage in conversation about executive privilege a...

>> tell us what you think is most significant? >> i think that trump world once them to testify. when it comes to cipollone, mike pence, he knows he doesnt have a real valid claim of executive privilege or attorney client privilege. think what you are seeing now is performance art. this is something that cipollone wants out there, hey, im a reluctant witness, im going to fight back, when he knows he doesnt have executive privilege but he wants to show trump and his supporters that he is not cass...

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His conversations could be tied up in some executive privilege or attorney/client privilege but they were pleased with his testimony. one of them said to our colleague wolf blitzer last night that they thought he was honest and forthcoming. so they may have more stuff to share. well all be watching on tuesday. >> well indeed. thank you. marshall cohen, thank you so much. lets talk about this with ronaldo remmy. so lets start with pat cipollone. he testified before the panel more than seven hours...