Page 5 - Doesnt Apply News Today

The law. but do you need to bring that gun to a, you know, an environment where there potentially is violence? at the very least, you know, high stress and demonstrations. is that really a good -- that just doesnt seem like a wise idea, particularly if you are somebody who is 17 years old and has had no experience in this kind evof a circumstance. >> that was the key what the prosecutor was saying which is that if you were there to guard businesses, why did you now walk down the middle of the st...

Unfortunate message that -- of vindication that making a hero of -- of kyle rittenhouse is appalling. but the actual verdict in this courtroom, based on this evidence, is a defensible one i think. >> sara sidners -- i mean, you heard sara sidners report. the jury returned a full verdict today. i mean, the whole argument of his -- which seems to be the prosecution argument, which was by his very being there, he was provoking things. and therefore, the -- the self-defense doesnt apply. but clearly...

Um, the -- the -- the unfortunate message that -- of vindication that making a hero of -- of kyle rittenhouse is appalling. but the actual verdict in this courtroom, based on this evidence, is a defensible one i think. >> sara sidners -- i mean, you heard sara sidners report. the jury returned a full verdict today. i mean, the whole argument of his -- which seems to be the prosecution argument, which was by his very being there, he was provoking things. and therefore, the -- the self-defense doe...

I just cant imagine that under the constitutional structure that we have where congress and the sitting executive agree that theres no separation of powers, that the white house says executive privilege doesnt apply, that these documents dont get released sooner than later. >> big picture, it just strikes me that all these arguments, all these delays weve been dealing with for years in multiple investigations, and it doesnt seem that at least with the former president there are any legal consequ...

To block them from getting his records, claiming executive privilege to keep the records secret. and senators bernie sanders and joe manchin meeting today to work out their differences. sanders says he hopes for positive action in the next week. lets bring in john harwood and senior legal and last laura coates. good to see both of you. john, the committee is releasing information on steve bannon, who is refusing to comply with the subpoena. what are you learning here? >> steve bannon is playing ...

Invoking letters from a lawyer from trump instructing him not to apply. this is plainly a situation where steve bannon and the rest of the trump team is doing everything they can to stall, delay, to obstruct this january 6th committee and the committees had enough of it and thats why theyre moving toward criminal contempt proceedings that are likely to clear the house and then the house is what does justice department do about it? >> that is a good question. the committee is saying bannons own p...

Counsel. here, even if there was an exchange of information, theres not an automatic assignment of privilege. i remind, everyone, of course, that the holder of the executive privilege is the holder of the office, the president of the united states. there is some argument to be made about how successor presidents could notably try to enforce, here this one is not inclined to do so because there seems to be the allegations of course of dereliction of duty, of behavior that is not constitutional or...

Checks with the current and former president to see what to do. the former president says executive privilege. the current says it doesnt apply. the legal question is how much authority does a former president have to assert executive privilege. we know he has some because president nixon established that back in 1977, but we know its diminished when the current office holder says it doesnt apply. the lawsuit makes a separate claim that congress has no right to get this stuff in the first place....

Privilege, am i correct? >> correct. and of course even if there were a valid privilege that he wanted to assert, if he made the information public, he loses the ability to assert the privilege. imagine if it was an attorney/client privilege where it would be preserved and you could not be able to disclose it. however, if you go out go out and say things, you can now put the jeannie back in the bottle. even more so, you cant just assert as a get out of subpoena free card. you have to actually st...

>> thats exactly what theyre saying, as laura just indicated. theyre not invoking executive privilege in support of their predecessor. and the white house spokesman put out a very blunt statement tonight saying that president trump abused his power in an incidents that posed an existential threat to democracy. what it shows you is that even though the biden administration has been concerned from the beginning about not appearing to be politically vengeful against president trump, joe bidens trie...