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Lying to congress is a crime. i dont expect the trump administration to take the lead in prosecuting him. but its not a good thing and, frankly, if he was concerned less with his reputation and more with his legal jeopardy, he should take the fifth. >> so his testimony came by way of whats like a deposition behind closed doors inquiry, but then now that this vote has happened a lot of these witnesses would be called back and they would be now testifying publicly. and if there are contradictions ...

Might look heavy handed. but heres what ill say. i dont think weve seen the democrats as theyve moved through this process be particularly heavy handed. we all know that they have famously declined to even enforce their subpoenas by using the lawful vehicle of inherent contempt. i suspect youre going to see the democrats run a very fair, even-handed, balanced hearing. and they are probably going to give the president and his lawyer enough rope to hang themselves. >> and speed seems to be definit...

We all know that they have famously sdwlind to even enforce their subpoenas by using the lawful vehicle of inherent contempt. i think youll see the democrats run a very fair, evenhanded, balanced hearing, and they are probably going to give the president and his lawyer enough rope to hang themselves. >> speed seems to be definitely one of the characteristics theyre taking in their quiver at the moment. thank you all three. have a good saturday. all right. coming up, the mueller memos, the firs...

Should the white house respond to this request for a member of the white house counsels office, meaning the nsc council under the umbrella of the white housesc counsel, and anotr white house counsel official slightly lower level officialnc how do you respond to thatli request, if youre the white house? >> i would resist. executive privilege and attorney-client privilege, these are sacrosanct. the president can wait them if he so chooses, but this is intruding into the heart of the presidency, pr...

Under the in relatively white house counsel, and another white house counsel official, slightly lower level , how do you respond to that request, if youre the white house? >> i would resist. executive privilege and attorney-client privilege, these are sacrosanct. the president can wait them if he so chooses, but this is intruding into the heart of the presidency, presidential decision-making, and my guidance would be resist. lets take it to court. thats why we have the article three judiciary. >...

Ferraris. student-athletes, to buy a ferrari, the idea is the same that there shouldnt be mass disparity on campus. if im making more than my professor what is my reasoning for going to class? if im making more than my teammates i understand they might have contempt with me when i am not performing up to the level i need to be. why should i be focused on the academic mission when i am taking this much money. there is an easier solution, let student-athletes go pro out of high school. that is a s...

Watergate and it shouldnt be happening now because the answer is obvious. that a subpoena trumps -- no pun intended -- trumps anything else. they have a legitimate right, and of course the court opinions now have been very clear that the congress is conducting a legitimate lawful mandated inquiry. and even the vote which will now happen and im sure will pass, but even without that it was totally legitimate, and they should be allowed to use the subpoena power and people come in and testify, and ...

Trumps -- no pun intended -- trumps anything else. they have a legitimate right, and of course the court opinions now have been very clear that the congress is conducting a legitimate, lawful, constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry, and even without the vote which will now happen and im sure will pass, but even without that it was totally legitimate, and they should be allowed to use the subpoena power and people come in and they testify and theyre in contempt if they dont follow the subp...

Why theyre holding the vote. she said we are taking this step to eliminate any doubt as to whether the trump administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas or continue obstructing the house of representatives. nobody is above the law. tomorrow will mark five weeks since speaker pelosi publicly announced this. they said they cannot participate in your partisan and unconstitutional inquiry. mike pompeo has said his employees cannot testify. ru...

Tonight. so richard, if we could just dispense with this sad psychodrama here, do you think its possible that the former vice president called barack obama and said please dont endorse me? >> he said this back in april whenid he announced, look, lets keep this in perspective. ronald reagan, as you know, did not endorse george h2b bush until may of 1988, after it was clear he was going to be the nominee. >> tucker: was that because bush asked him not to? >> one dwight eisenhower -- when he was ru...