question of the future and what we want as a nation, and so we want, you know, anyway, you got my point. no, i get your point, and you re right. you also think about the notion of, hey, the court took this in a timely fashion, but i m sure that the trump legal team will try to run out the clock in some way or drag this out as long as possible, including they want the documents requested by the committee to be gone through page by page, which could actually stretch on for months or years. is this plan at this point to try to stretch this out as long as possible? that was the one, and you touched right on it, laura, that s the one that struck me too, that they want the page by page review, saying, well, there s so many different documents in here, therefore the only way to make this work is for the court to go through it page by page. of course that is nothing but a delay strategy, and it sort of highlights the weakness in the argument here. now, look, it remains to be seen what the
importantly congress here is investigating an attack on its own workplace. there s no more legitimate basis for a congressional investigation. probably even more so than either of the president s former impeachments, the two of them, but congress really has a right and a duty skpan obligation to investigate and seek documents here, and a lot of these arguments fall flat but yes a lot of it appears to be a pretty clear delay strategy. the tactics you resort to, often inform us about the strengthover your case. if that s the only thing they have, that s not a very strong case. elliot, thank you for your time as always, happy thanksgiving, even though you don t eat turkey, that s fine, nonetheless to you. i don t like turkey, i will eat it. big difference there. happy thanksgiving. what a lawyerly statement to clarify, love it. thank you so much. take care, counsel, good luck. covid cases unfortunately are on the rise, though, as millions of americans are traveling for the thank
now, look, it remains to be seen what the appeals court will do, but it s just hard looking at number one and also most importantly congress here is investigating an attack on its own workplace. there s no more legitimate basis for a congressional investigation. probably even more so than either of the president s former impeachments, the two of them, but congress really has a right and a duty and an obligation to investigate and seek documents here, and a lot of these arguments fall flat but yes a lot of it appears to be a pretty clear delay strategy. the tactics you resort to often inform us about the strength of your case. if that s the only thing they have, that s not a very strong case. elliot, thank you for your time as always, happy thanksgiving, even though you don t eat turkey, that s fine. nonetheless happy thanksgiving to you. i don t like turkey, i will eat it. big difference there. happy thanksgiving. what a lawyerly statement to clarify, love it. thank you so much.
the one case that democrats are hoping to hear from don mcgahn and republicans have been saying why aren t democrats going through the court system, that the department of justice as of last night is trying to kabosh. a word that comes to mind that s hypocrisy. the reason i bring that up, the argument that you re hearing from republicans now throughout this process is why are you rushing this? go to the courts. right. go to the courts. they are the third branch that can figure this out and we can move forward, knowing this could go well into the election, except for when the courts rule against them or not in their favor you hear a different argument. once again the democrats have an argument to say okay you tell us to go to the courts look what happened to don mcgahn and the same could be what we could expect if we go to court and see if we can hear from other fact witnesses in particular the president s chief of staff. and this has been part of a delay strategy. if they were to l
you big thanks to you and hallie jackson traveling with the president. congress in recess this week. so time away from the hill will it quiet calls for the president s impeachment? also 2020 contender elizabeth warren outpacing the pack when it comes to policy. right now, how much does it really matter? live on the ground in iowa as well. next up the deal to delay some of president trump s financial documents. what the president stands to gain with his deny and delay strategy. and as we head to break another live look at the affirmation, arlington national cemetery where vice president mike pence, again, participating in a remembrance ceremony. we will continue to keep a very close eye on that. we ll be right back. ll be righ. corey is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body.