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Day, so i anticipate that those public statements that hes already made, he will be asked to make under oath so hes already sort of expressed what he probably will be testifying to, but additionally, the special counsel is going to ask her about the conversations that he had with the president on that day, before, during, and after, and we all saw what happened on january 6th, and we know that vice president trump, you know, the secret service had to bring him down to a secure location, so he wi...

-- started to look at trumps finances thats what begat there long litigation, with trump, over trying to get in the records from his accountants that was from the supreme court, back again, which was told u -- today. >> theres more, peter, for yo to comment on here is van sant whethe politics played a role in an of the new york investigations into trump take a listen. >> and for those who think thi is about politics, i think it important to remind folks that their view of the presidents objectio...

Affair she claims to have had with trump back in 2006. trump denies having an affair with daniels or any wrongdoing although, we are told law enforcements plans are precau precautionary. trump claimed over the weekend hed be arrested on tuesday. in that same post, he called for protests to, quote, take back our nation, take our nation back today, a one-time legal adviser to one time trump attorney m costello will testify. michael cohen said he was asked to make himself available as a rebuttal wi...

When. and the courts will decide on this soon. do you agree with that, that if this is a delay tactic, its not gonna work in mike pences favor? >> yes, i think thats right, alex. i mean, you know, the judge, luttig, is a lion in the conservative, legal community. its really fascinating for him to take such a public stand on this issue, especially as you said, he was the one advising mike pence back on january 6th. and now, to make this bold statement. i think its right. i mean, you know, mike pe...

Going to fight that, claiming speech and debate clause protection. then, some indication, im sure, by donald trump of executive privilege. how concerned should americans be that this type of delay tactic thats going to be deployed by mike pence is going to slow down jack smith significantly so, so the 2024 election ends up roiling plans to maybe indict donald trump? >> theres two issues here. the first thing is, im sure the special counsels office has anticipated extended litigation with pence i...

The clause has in it an exception for quote, treason, felony, or breach of the peace. this is not just a twofer, it is a threefer you almost have to try hard to get all three. but january 6th managed to do that. so you only need one to fall within the exception of the constitutional privilege and the speech or debate immunity. here you have all three at play, it is going nowhere. third, as you said, the speech or debate immunity is for things in congress. you know, all of the stuff that trump wa...

Subpoena in the january 6th investigation. what could that mean for the special counsels investigation if he tries to invoke executive privilege? >> not very much, chris. i think what were talking about is delay and not deny. what i mean is that ultimately, this is going to find himself in front of a federal judge in district court in the district of columbia and as far as executive privilege is concerned, hes no longer the vice president. president trump is no longer the president. also remembe...

Between the congressional subpoena special counsel and whether the argument he used for refusing to appear in front of the congressional committee that was subpoenaing him can be applied to the special counsel? >> i dont even think it matters at this point, ayman. i think that was an argument about whether its tax or not was based on the idea that, look, i will be out of the situation, if only for the fact that the congressional committee, that subpoenaed me will no longer exist if i run out the...

Privilege claim back in the 1974, ultimately forcing nixon to turn over the watergate tapes. joining me now is former federal prosecutor in msnbc legal analyst, cynthia oxley. cynthia, good morning. i want to call it straight out of the gate. does trump win or lose this legal battle? >> he loses, i dont think theres any question. not only did he leaves the archives case that you mentioned, in short, but he also lost greg jacob and phil betts and cipollone. it is eventually going nowhere. the pro...

Former vice president mike pence. with that, lets bring in joyce vance. talk more about this. you and i were talking offset a bit earlier. when i first saw you. i asked you how worried should the trump campaign to be. should donald trump be. should his team be about the subpoena of his former vice president. >> this is dangerous territory potentially. prosecutors want to talk to pence. they need to know whether his story will line up with some of the testimony we heard during the january 6th com...