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united states and the public. whether trump broke the law by having classified documents at mar-a-lago, the heart of that investigation had the former president suggesting yet another new argument about presidential powers and declassifying documents. >> youre the president of of the united states. you can declassify by thinking about it. >> the doj ruling came hours after that other legal blow for trump. the 222-page lawsuit by the new york attorney general that charges him, don j, er...

my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. good to be with you, im katy tur. breaking news out of new york city. donald trump jr. just took the witness stand here to testify about the trump organization and decisions to inflate or deflate assets to lower taxes or secure bigger loans. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent and coanchor of "saturday today" on nbc, laura jarrett. don jr., a defendant and now a witness. whats...

United states and the public. whether trump broke the law by having classified documents at mar-a-lago, the heart of that investigation had the former president suggesting yet another new argument about presidential powers and declassifying documents. >> youre the president of of the united states. you can declassify by thinking about it. >> the doj ruling came hours after that other legal blow for trump. the 222-page lawsuit by the new york attorney general that charges him, don j, eric and iva...

Donald trump spent a good part of two years trying to deny there was any influence from russia at all. so well see what republicans will do about this. my gut sense right now is that they will do nothing. which is why this isnt a both sides problem and we cant look at it like a both sides problem. we do need to be vigilant. i think thats exactly right. and i think we need to call this stuff out when we see it and then turn to don j, turn to donald trump, turn to members of the republican party a...

You had several people including the presidents former top political aide saying that don j had committed treason. can you just tell us what exactly is treason? and what are the penalties for treason? and should republicans and democrats alike both cool it? >> lets start with the last question, the answer is yes. you know, the framers had an interesting position on treason. they tried to take this word off the table in our political discussions because when our country was formed it was very com...

And one of the things youve heard about is whether or not he should defund the investigation or just not provide a lat of money for him to continue on. so you might things in that vein, that they would undermine him but not outright fire him. >> thank you so much. coming up, the new author of a new biography of bobby kennedy, our own chris matthews will join us to tell us what our on j own story could teach us about the story today. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmer...

Conversations with special consul mueller, to let it proceed carefully. but there are many conservative allies on capitol hill who are telling the president privately to engage with mueller in a more combative way. this is the tension were detecting at the post. the president yoz you said is protect projecting calm in a "the new york times" interview. but tensions are running high because they know these indictments may not be the end of the story. in fact, they may just be the beginning. >> jen...