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Issuing a blanket denial. that goes against the very nature of a co-equal branch of government. my hope would be -- my expectation is the house plaema fairly extensive requests. the congress has the right to provide oversight, including over all aspects of the executive branch, including the president. the law has got to be followed. >> david axelrod criticized the scope of the document request. he said it too easily play sbs o the witch hunt meme. do you think he has a point? >> ive not reviewe...

Certain information from congress and certainly executive privilege would seem to apply at least in some of the cases here. >> im sure there are appropriate places where executive privilege would dominate. but what i understand is the white house may be issuing in a sense almost a blanket denial and that goes against the very nature of a co-equal branch of government. you know, my hope would be that -- my expectation i guess would be that the house made fairly extensive requests. there will be s...

>> mr. trump did not directly tell me to lie to congress. thats not how he operates. he doesnt give you questions. he doesnt give you orders. he speaks in a code. and i understand the code because ive been around him for a decade. >> and asha, then he did, he did talk about the tie. he said trump would say, you think this is a beautiful tie, dont you? that would be, you better go say its a nice tie. does this sound like organized crime? does it sound likinge ing racke to you, asha? >> it does to...

Once before the house -- im sorry, before the mueller investigation, always as a witness, and every time you sit down temperature costs 20, $30,000. >> i understand. so if they subpoena you, will you still refuse? >> well, i havent even gotten an invitation and ive responded to the document request so the idea that im not cooperating is i little bit out there. >> okay. >> but if they subpoena me, my lawyer and i, well discuss it. we dont know if ill get invited. i think an invitation comes first...

Rant, one of which she said, for the faint of heart who have been waiting for every t to be crossed and every i dotted, now is the time to demonstrate your patriotism. support impeachment, exclamation point. do you support it? >> look, chairwoman waters has been very clear on her view on this for a very long time. i think its particularly important for the members of the judiciary committee to make sure we are gathering all of the facts before we proceed with an impeachment. obviously there are ...

>> his children could enup in front of congress. every aspect of his life is being looked into. >> and your sources tell you they think democrats have made a mistake by casting too wide a net? >> yeah. i this i they went too broad. you saw over 80 people and entities. they think they went too wide it will get lost in the noise. the people that thought were a criminal before wont have their minds changed. those that supported him wont have their minds changed by that either. they do see a streak ...

They could defy subpoenas. and there is a chance the president could exert executive privilege over some of these documents, like those pertaining to his conversations with the former white house counsel, don mcgahn. thats the question here. if the president does decide to do that, it would be a very distinct turn in how they respond to this so far, kate. >> good to see you, kaitlan. thank you so much. thank you, manu, as well. joining me to discuss is charlie dent, a political commentator. so w...

Elections, and they know that this is essentially their new reality. and right now, theyre bracing for more document requests like this, including potentially going after the presidents tax returns. now, publicly, the white house and the president are saying that they will cooperate with these requests, but you can look at their statements they put out yesterday. one, they put out a statement saying, yes, we received this request, were going to review it. pretty standard, not a lot there. and th...

Document request. one section here says, we will not concede the executives constitutional prerogatives or allow the committee to jeopardize the individual privacy rights of current and former executive branch employees and it also refers to this as radically intrusive demand. this puts the ball back in cummins court. cummins put out a statement criticizing this move by the white house to essentially reject his line of questioning, not providing these documents. he says in this statement, theres...

Asking that this morning. the polls look good for biden. this not so much. >> how many of you would like to see joe biden get in? show of hands. >> whats happening? >> his time is done. >> back in 2020 in a moment, but we begin this hour at the white house where trumps frustration with democrats is boiling over onto his twitter feed. this after house democrats cast a very, very wide net yesterday, dropping a document request on at least 81 people, agencies and entities, including the president...