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September 11th terror attacks, something that the kingdom has strongly denied. the lawsuit is the first of its kind since congress overwrote a veto by former president obama to uphold a law permitting legal action against sponsors of terrorism. im joined by terry strada, national chair for the 9/11 survivors and families. terry, this has been a long, long struggle for all of you to get this law passed, to override a presidential veto and to now win the first test in court. tell us what happens n...

>> jill, donald trump knows what its like to go up against david fahrenthold on this kind of discovery and david won his pulitzer prize in this way. but now this has subpoena power in finding out how much donald trump is making in his various enterprises, where that money is coming from and where its going. >> weve all tried to see the tax returns from the beginning of the campaign and now maybe the time the public will get it through this discovery process, theres a lot to be learned by the two...

Department. they will be part of this discovery process. they will be viewing the presidents tax returns if those become documents in the case through discovery subpoenas and so forth. so it isnt just the lawyers on the other side. before those documents get to the lawyers on the other side, they will be in the hands of people who donald trump does not want to see his tax returns. >> as you know, the irs has trumps tax returns and they have successfully taken a lot of measures to make sure they ...

Trump is making in his various enterprises, where that money is coming from and where its going. >> weve all tried to see the tax returns from the beginning of the campaign and now maybe the time the public will get it through this discovery process, theres a lot to be learned by the two prosecutors in this case, the plaintiffs really in the case, because lets face it the emoluments clause was the anti-corruption clause of america. it was meant to stop the government or any member of the governm...

Scenario for donald trump because his defense lawyers in this case are his employees over there de-justice departme there at the justice department. these are lower level people serving under the attorney general in the justice department. they will be part of this discovery process. they will be viewing the presidents tax returns if those become documents in the case through discovery subpoenas and so forth. so it isnt just the lawyers on the other side. before those documents get to the lawyer...

Underlying nda or nondisclosure agreement should be void and whether there were any facts that would facilitate it being declared void. >> one of the big questions about whether or not signing it or not is a real issue. jeremy, while we wait for all this legal stuff to play out, lets talk about the political implications. the majority of americans believe stormy daniels but 46% of voters say it doesnt make any difference to them. voters are split on whether trump should even frankly answer danie...

This is all sort of tight lating to watch. however, its not as bad as the "access hollywood" tape. that was sexual assault. these are consensual relationships with adults. so politically speaking, does it make a dent? >> well see. trump isnt exactly flying high in the polls right now. its a real danger heading is into november. the one other issue i think is worth mentioning, though, was stormy danielss allegation that a member of the trump organization threatened her and her infant daughter. if...

>> and stormy daniels is suing the president for signing the nondisclosure agreement. mr. trump may have to testify in depositions and her suit could provide evidence of campaign spending violationslviolations. do you see the president testifying? is there anything he can do to get out of it? >> ive been saying this for weeks. if the president is forced into the discovery process and depositions as a result of any of these cases, it could be cataclysmic for his administration, his presidency and...

Could be additional crimes, campaign finance crimes and the reality is if we get into discovery, if any of these cases get in the discovery process, i promise you, mika, we will find out. >> if stormy daniels has proof of a threat and im -- im drawing on some stories that im still working on the reporting on, but if she has proof of a threat that was level to her by one of trumps people, but not trump himself, but someone close to trump, can that be something ultimately that could be damaging to...

Of law. that, you say, is very important in this case. because all of these denials we get from the white house and from donald trumps lawyers take on a very different feeling in a court of law. why? >> in any case, state or federal, where the president is drawn into the discovery process, this presents a major risk for him and for anybody close to him. because in a deposition, in discovery demands and document production, there is a general rule that discovery can be had as to anything that is ...