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Would have to testify publicly or privately? >> i dont think well hear from the whistle-blower because the house democrats have the power under the current rules that were operating under here to block that request. and, frankly, the whistle-blower is not relevant here. i mean ultimately the issue is what did the president do. the whistle-blower as republicans argued previously has no firsthand knowledge of it. he or she got that information from other individuals, presumably some of the people ...

But we want to let it play out in the courts first. we want to see what the courts have to say about this constitutional immunity issue the white house has been pushing so its a defense we heard from coop ehrmann a couple weeks ago. we want to play this out in the courts first, almost get the blessing of the just dish yedic testify. its troubling number one because hes not a current employee of the administration. he doesnt work in the government anymore. so there is nothing really that the whit...

In if you give us the subpoena but we want to let it play out in the courts first. we want to see what the courts have to say about this constitutional immunity issue the white house has been pushing so its a defense we heard from coop ehrmann a couple weeks ago. we want to play this out in the courts first, almost get the blessing of the judiciary to testify. its troubling number one because hes not a current employee of the administration. he doesnt work in the government anymore. so there is ...

Have to say about this constitutional immunity issue the white house has been pushing so its a defense we heard from cooperman, a couple of weeks ago, same idea, we want to play this out in courts first, almost get the blessing of the judiciary before we come in to testify. for bolton, i think its troubling number one because hes not a current employee of the administration. he doesnt work in the government anymore. so there is nothing really that the white house could actually do to stop him fr...

Enjoy absolute immunity like the president does. theres been one seminal case on this. and now were in the impeachment proceedings the power of had house is even greater. i think its a delay tactic on the part of the white house. and the courts hopefully will rule in favor of the house receiving this information so we can understand what best what happened. >> take a listen to the counselor of the president, kellyanne conways defense of the presidents actions on ukraine. >> so you feel totally c...

Former deputy charles kupperman. >> thats right, wolf. right down the hall from the earlier hearing, this is essentially a scheduling hearing. but it was clear that a judge wants to move very quickly, at least quickly by court standards. the question is whether or not well be able to get the testimony from charles kupperman or from john bolton if he gets subpoenaed in time for this inquiry. as you know, the democrats have set an aggressive timeline. perhaps an impeachment vote by december. this ...

Saying its not dr. kupperman who contest your clients constitutional claim, its president trump and every president before him for the last half century who have asserted testimonial immunity for their closest confidential advisors. it is not his fault, its not his call, theyre going to wait for this judge, but poppy, jim, as you know this certainly is going to be an effective delay tactic that courts will take some time to actually go through this, see if they have a case and potentially hear a...

Parnas invoke executive privilege when he was hauled before congress to testify. now, the judge goes through questions like wait a minute, is mr. parnas part of the administration? a cabinet member? a government employee? no, no, no. so how could it be that mr. parnas, a federal defendant might enjoy privileged communications with the president of the united states that would give rise to a claim of executive privilege? the only thing i can surmise, lawrence, is that the white house seemed to be...

Before storming into the deposition, republican lawmakers spoke to the press. >> theyre trying to impeach the president behind closed doors. this is a soviet style impeachment process. >> as the good book says, those things done in secret are from darkness. >> by golly, if theyre going to do, it do it in public! dont hide it from the american people! show your face! >> you need to be scared. you need to be very scared. >> joining me now to discuss all of this, republican congressman peter king o...

Might enjoy privileged communications with the president of the united states that would give rise to a claim of executive privilege? the only thing i can surmise, lawrence, is that the white house seemed to be in the habit of telling people to invoke executive privilege even when they didnt have it, as a way to really just employ a delay tactic. recall corey lewandowski, when he testified, a clownish performance, but would invoke executive privilege even when he lawfully couldnt do it, because ...