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Because the case is strong. heres the problem that i think many doj-watchers see. he is fundamentally a federal appellate judge. they are accustomed to sitting on the mountain top and contemplating great thoughts. and thats not whats called for here. this is a pretty straightforward case. steve bannon was subpoenaed. he did not comply with his subpoena. he asserted executive privilege which is specious. even trump didnt assert executive privilege for him. executive privilege was not covered in t...

Ought to be charged. we can differ as to whether it ought to be impeached or whatever but we cant dispute that it is an act intended to impede and open law enforcement investigation. don mcgahn seeking to have him the white house counsel terminate the special counsel is an act of obstruction of justice. we can differ to the conclusion drawn from the act. >> what is your counter? >> what is your counter? >> he comes to the conclusion that the fact that the president or don mcgahn. lets assume for...

To terminate the special counsel. another special counsel would have been appointed there. so the fact that they were removing one and another one might have been appointed how does that amount to obstruction of justice in criminal context. plus lets not forget that the white house didnt assert executive privilege, turned over t tons and tons of documents. thousands of documents. open books as it relates to this investigation after two years, over $20 million, you come back with nothing. nothing...

Because once mueller has what trump said to mcgahn and then is able to juxtapose that and compare it to all the other evidence that hes developed, we dont know where thats going and it doesnt sound like it could be going very well for the president. >> elliott, a lot of things we dont understand. don mcgahn is the white house attorney and he has said before that his job is to protect the presidency, not necessarily the president. but the white house didnt assert executive privilege on him talkin...