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Client privilege. in my view, theres no attorney client privilege that protects a discussion between father and son. >> is there attorney client privilege between father and son? >> theres no daddy dearest privilege. that does not exist. the fact that a lawyer is present doesnt even mean the privilege exists. >> the fact this reaches into the family, it will make it difficult if jump jr. is compelled to testify and he corroborates what george papadopoulos is saying. >> yeah. it makes it difficul...

"the godfather" know freddo never should have turned on the don. so im wondering maybe hes -- like theres a godfather privilege or something? this is nuts and its never going to stand up if the republicans subpoena him, but i dont know if they will. >> isnt it also if another person is present its not attorney/client privilege either, right? i mean, the idea is its between two people. >> if theres a third person in the room, they can ask that third person and she can testify or he can testify. >...

Mueller is not going to stand for invoking of attorney -- of a nonexistent attorney/client privilege, i would imagine. >> right. you have a fifth amendment privilege, and im not saying that he would assert that, but you do have privileges. you can refuse to answer. or you can just be in contempt. this happened in several cases, where the prosecutor cant get a witness to cooperate, a judge can then find you guilty of contempt. he has options. but the most important thing is that he not lie. at le...

Statement before a house committee today and manu raju joins us now with the latest. lets talk about this testimony. last hour i was talking to congressman swalwell. i understand that donald trump jr. evoked attorney/client privilege when asked about conversations with his father. >> yeah, thats right. that was earlier this year after the initial reports came out about the trump tower meeting from june of 2016. now, what donald trump jr. told the committee today was that he could not disclose th...

The privilege is between the lawyer and her or his client. thats the privilege. so that clients can talk to their lawyers in confidence. theres a priest/penitant privilege. theres a spousal privilege in many states where spouses cant -- theres not a daddy dearest privilege. you know, fans of "the godfather" know freddo never should have turned on the don. this is nuts and is never going to stand up if the republicans subpoena him, but i dont know if they will. >> isnt it also if another person i...

The question is what do the republicans in congress do on this. trey gowdy, the chairman of that committee, anderson, said tonight thats not something for his committee to look at. said the house intelligence committee should look at that instead. anderson. >> all right, thanks very much. a lot to talk about with the panel. joining me on the panel tonight, kiersten powers, jason miller, paul begala, tara setmayer, and scott jennings. i have my lawyer on speakerphone so were totally covered in at...

Project because he assured them that the trump administration as part of its first moves would roll back sanctions on russia. now, this is according to this whistleblowers account. now, cummings gave this information before today to the special counsels office. we know the special counsel reached a plea agreement with michael flynn who pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi. the question is what do the republicans in congress do on this. trey gowdy, the chairman of that committee, said thats not som...

Now, what donald trump jr. told the committee today was that he could not disclose this meeting that did occur after those initial reports came up, the meeting between him and his father, because of attorney/client privilege because it occurred in the presence of attorneys who were in the room. now, youll recall, anderson, how this played out. first "the new york times" reported this story. there was an initial statement that was misleading about exactly what that meeting was about. we know that...

Legal costs and have to go answer all these questions. i dont know if they did anything wrong. the anxiety and all that goes into having to testify in a matter like this, it is significant, especially when youre the white house communications director, like hope is. shes already under a lot of stress. and so its a bad thing thats occurred. im sure some people who are doing their level best to serve their country now are going to get roped into it. >> the other thing is robert mueller is not goin...