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Compelled to answer their questions? youre not awill youllowed to o >> thats right, you have to answer any question asked of you. the way i did it, i would take all of their questions at the end of the session, anything that a member of the grand jury wanted to ask and screen it so i made sure they werent going to ask something that intruded on attorney, client privilege. they are certainly awill yllowe ask questions. the witness has to answer it but the prosecutor will serve a screening functio...

Had to rely on that a lot in the past year as hes tried to figure out how to get the president through these different things. some are surprised he survived this long. look, hes incredibly important to mueller because he was there for all the important decisions. he can speak to what the president was thinking about the comey firing. what the president knew about flynn. these things that mueller is looking at and trying to understand where trump was. now the interesting thing about mcgahn, and ...

These people that came in today are to be credited, they are not running away from anybody. they are not taking the fifth. they are not claiming lawyer client privilege. they are cooperating with whatever. >> martha: there was some concern that andrew mccabe would not ivan come or that he would figure out or maybe get private counsel and leave the fbi. he is there he is answering the questions. they have been back twice this week and a point well taken. marc and juan, good to see you tonight. >>...

Judiciary into the white houses credit, theyve also been able to do that but to learn that its possible that the incoming white house counsel spent his first days, and i dont know what a lawyer does. do you google the lawyer act? prison term for lying to the fbi? i dont even know how don mcgahn would have gone about doing this if its true. but the idea that they didnt know that mike flynn was trouble from day one is certainly nonoperative. >> right. i would hope they wouldnt have to google the l...

Allies in congress, which is a sign of, frankly, fear or apprehension and also by the president, himself. the calling of the investigation a hoax or a whiitch hunt, sayin the reputation is in tatters, is a sign that there are people with something to hide in the white house. >> you say orchestrated attack. do you believe republican colleagues in congress are coordinating these comments with the white house? >> there are all the appearances of coordinated attacks, whether its by the white house o...

Trump jr. again going presumably to speak to members of the senate intelligence. remember last time? he said, is he going to use that again with the argument in the senate? >> i think he probably can. >> he will say it again. >> he will. heres the thing, he almost certainly -- that almost certainly was an inappropriate assertion -- >> but he asserted it so it worked. >> he can get away from it with the hill committees because they dont have to go to court. they are talking about not relying on t...

So hope hicks really has been there throughout the entire ordeal. if anyone was to know about the ties to russia and the transition teams communications with the russians after the obama administration impose said sanctions in december, it would be hope hicks. >> okay. talking about donald trump jr., that was one very long day of testimony. lets take a listen to what ranking member adam schiff said about what he said. >> he acknowledged having discussed the june 9th meeting and e-mails that went...

Made specifically for indoor cats. purina cat chow. nutrition to build better lives. the presidents oldest son is not an attorney. but when investigators asked donald trump jr. to detail a conversation he had with his father, he refused to answer invoking attorney/client privilege. the discussion was over the meeting at the trump tower. he did acknowledge speaking to skra craft a response, but he stopped short because an attorney was present during their exchange. and joining us now is the aut...

Adoption. clearly they were designed to get dirt on hillary clinton. and the other profoundly important question is why donald trump, the father, the president, also indicated in statements that were reported that his son should say it was only about russian adoption, when in fact there were additional follow-up indications. >> i want to play for you congressman adam schiffs reaction to a moment that happened in that closed session in which donald trump jr. appeared to attempt to invent a novel ...

Refused to answer questions about that discussion on the basis of a claim of attorney/client privilege. in my view, there is no attorney/client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> youre a lawyer yourself. do you agree with your colleague, adam schiff? >> i agree totally. this claim of attorney/client privilege is absolutely bogus and disingenuous. the attorney/client privilege is a serious one. it can be invoked and its designed to protect people seeking legal advice ...