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With the president, he would not necessarily have standing to challenge that document request or subpoena which may be how they are getting the documents to congress now. >> tim, he may not also have knowledge of it. there are so many ways he discovered in the trump financial maze, there are so many ways in that they might not necessarily alert trump organization people or donald trump that they are going in that direction. >> wouldnt want to to preserve the integrity of the investigation. to wh...

Concern financial transactions with the president, he would not necessarily have standing to challenge that document request or subpoena which may be how they are getting the documents to congress now. >> tim, he may not also have knowledge of it. there are so many ways he discovered in the trump financial maze, there are so many ways in that they might not necessarily alert trump organization people or donald trump that they are going in that direction. >> wouldnt want to to preserve the integr...

Respond to these subpoenas its time to move toward impeachment. the passing of the deadline right now what does that do to you? >> i said all along, went need to draw a line in the stand and give the administration a set number of days. if the administration does not comply with all document request and subpoenas in accordance with the constitution, i believe we are left with no other alternative but to begin impeachment proceedings than to get to the truth. >> if all these subpoenas are not com...

Instruct the former staff to withhold documents, am i right about that? >> you have to make a distinction between executive privilege, which for the most part applies to a document request which could be litigated. and the absolute immunity, presidential immunity, that a president enjoys or thinks he enjoys to have his president appear before congress. be aware. i asked you a question. what do obama and clinton and bush and trump all have in common? they all claimed this privilege, all administr...

Within its rights is it not, to instruct the former staff to withhold documents, am i right about that? >> you have to make a distinction between executive privilege, which for the most part applies to a document request which could be litigated. and the absolute immunity, presidential immunity, that a president enjoys or thinks he enjoys to have his president appear before congress. be aware. i asked you a question. what do obama and clinton and bush and trump all have in common? they all claim...

Forward any time soon and will continue to fight the document request and witness request from capitol hill. >> john, how bad a day was this for donald trump in your view? >> not a great day. not a disastrous day, i dont think. i do think that in a couple of ways its problematic. trump may be true that trump is trying to bait house democrats into impeaching him. he may think thats good politics for hymn and democrats that think thats true. >> victim hood. >> he can play the card because if he go...

Giuliani claimed he doesnt think democrats will move forward any time soon and will continue to fight the document request and witness request from capitol hill. >> john, how bad a day was this for donald trump in your view? >> not a great day. not a disastrous day, i dont think. i do think that in a couple of ways its problematic. trump may be true that trump is trying to bait house democrats into impeaching him. he may think thats good politics for hymn and democrats that think thats true. >> ...

Directly fire mueller. phil mattingly outfront live on capitol hill. phil how real is the pressure from democrat behind closed doors to get speaker pelosi to change direction and move ahead with impeachment proceedings? >> look, its very real right now and not just what theyve been saying behind closed doors. weve heard from multiple democrats bringing it up to the speaker that its tame to change direction. you heard it in the open. a lot of the sound from democrats retire sent to challenge the ...

Capitol hill blocking the testimony. thats the expectation today because the deadline is tomorrow for the system. >> one more, pam, don mcgahn himself, do we have anything from him? whats he saying? >> we dont have anything from him. his lawyer has been in touch with the white house. we know that previously with the document request that was blocked, the white house sent a letter to don mcgahns lettawye. thats the expectation for how this is going to play out. clearly mcgahn im told is deferring...

Take such action in that case. and now, 85 years after that, the chairman of the house judiciary committee was asked today about inherent contempt. >> some of your colleagues want to vote for inherent contempt. to fine people who are defying subpoenas. is that something youre seriously considering at this point? >> yes. >> what do you think about terms of dollar amount or fines? >> i dont know. very large amounts. >> would it be for the attorney general? >> it would be for anybody who was held i...