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You know, to be deputized, in effect, to deal with something out of control. so i dont get that, but thats what they thought. they thought that they might be asked to step in and they had all these weapons ready. but of course the thing is, they didnt bring them into the district of columbia. >> well -- >> and the president didnt invoke the insurrection act. and they didnt take it upon themselves. >> jonathan, i understand your role as an attorney, ive been there myself, the idea of having to re...

District of columbia. >> well -- >> and the president didnt invoke the insurrection act. >> jonathan, i understand your role as an attorney, ive been there myself, the idea of having to represent your clients. and im not attributing these statements to you. but we both know as lawyers that the idea of conspiracy means you have to take at least one step in furtherance in an overt act and the preparation youre talking about, the idea of planning, the idea of assuming and preparing that you might b...

Constitutional argument. lets watch. >> we dont have a king. theres no such thing as absolute immunity. didnt invoke any privilege, just used this made up claim that they dont have to answer any questions that will be rejected again by a court. >> the -- the vein here -- >> its ridiculous. go ahead. >> yeah. these congressmen always argue that the president is not above the law. then they put themselves above the law. they try to get people to answet questions that are not subject appropriately ...

Conversations with giuliani and how do they agree with this assessment by steve bannon? >> its not just giuliani. i mean, you talk to many people in and around the president now. and look, to be fair to john dowd, hindsight is 20/20. he did feel back when the mueller investigation started that he had a good relationship with mueller. that he got the sense from mueller explicitly and from muellers deputies this would be -- that this would move faster if the trump white house complied. and boy, di...

Towards aggression -- war footing, changes of personnel, et cetera, et cetera. this week trump has been quiet on the legal front. he did this event last night in indiana, didnt invoke hoax or witch-hunt at all. theyve tried to stay clear of this michael cohen russian oligarch story. they havent made noise noise about it. but you siemens, you see john kelly now in understated tones compared to trumps wailing and howling that he normally does saying we should end this probe right now sos where thi...

Say the least. the american president for seven deck ha decades has been the most powerful leaders in the world. other leaders dont make fun of you. its didnt happen to president obama, or other presidents. its now. president trump has had a good relationship with the chinese president, with the saudi king, with the crown prince. authoritarian leaders hes shown respect and deference. where hes gotten into trouble is in the democratic world. he had that very -- that famous disagreement, public di...

Him. so this is taking a major turn and its potentially much more dangerous for donald trump than what this started with and that is the russian issue. >> jeff toobin, dan coats and nsa director admiral mike rojs, theyre cooperating with the special counsel, as i assume james comey is, but coats and rogers came under a lot of criticism about not being forthcoming with the president. the president didnt invoke executive privilege, they just said they didnt want to talk about it. is it possible th...

He rattled off a number of spy novels and action films and he said thank you for that opportunity. this is absurd. that youre going after me. theres nothing. theres no there there. trying as hard as he could to protect himself and his boss. on one hand he said the president didnt invoke executive privilege but he might in the future and so im not going to say anything because he might down the road want to invoke executive privilege. at one point, it sounded like he was publicly, if youre listen...

Said thank you for that opportunity. this is absurd. that youre going after me. theres nothing. theres no there there. trying as hard as he could to protect himself and his boss. on one hand he said the president didnt invoke executive privilege but he might in the future and so im not going to say anything because he might down the road want to invoke executive privilege. it sounded like he was pub lackly if youre listening, you might want to invoke executive privilege. >> i want to ask you abo...

Has the president invoked executive privilege in the case of your testimony here today? >> he has not. >> then what is the basis of your refusal to answer these questions? >> senator king, the president has a constitutional -- >> i understand that, but the president hasnt asserted it. >> well -- >> you said you dont have the power to assert the power of executive privilege, so what is the legal basis for your refusal to answer these questions? >> i am protecting the right of the president to ass...