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comprising more than 700 pages. some include the highest levels of classification and that, quote, access to the materials is not only necessary for purposes of our ongoing criminal investigation but potential damage control from the apparent manner in which these materials were stored and transported. this letter and what it reveals dovetails with new reporting from the "new york times" about how many documents the government has now recovered in total. multiple sources tell the "new ...

Robbery thats burglary, ill get it right. And in this situation youve got somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve talked about abuse of power and bribery. When we started we said we would also discuss obstruction of congress. So i would like to ask you some questions about obstruction of congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with the high crime and misdemean...

Somebody really caught in the middle of it, and that doesnt excuse the person from the consequences. Professors, weve talked about abuse of power and bribery. When we started, we said we would also discuss Obstruction Of Congress. So id like to ask you some questions about Obstruction Of Congress. Professor gerhardt, in your view, is there enough evidence here to charge President Trump with the high crime and misdemeanor of Obstruction Of Congress . I think theres more than enough. As i mention ...

Of these former aides, including trumps former chief of staff very close, aides are also going to be compelled to testify. what does it tell you about this case that theyre building that they are able to really win these various rulings and compel these people to testify? well, the executive privilege arguments that trump has been making with respect to all of these witnesses was always a weak argument. the supreme court ruled a long time ago that when you can demonstrate the need for testimony ...

Think from a legal perspective he should say ill show up. ill answer questions. if some of them are constitutionally prohibited ill object. that would be the legally and the proper thing to do and the patriotic thing. >> he has been willing to speak out and give interviews and write a book. how do you think that prosecutors, doj, will respond to this? >> i think theyll fight him as they have fought and won all the executive privilege arguments in the post trump presidency. that is why pence is n...

Of new york last year there was a reasonable fear that much of what was swept up in that search would be attorney-client privileged information. but the fact that evan corcoran and jay trustee acting for president trump in this motion say that theres privileged information doesnt make it so. i have heard no specific assertions of attorney-client privileged information. as we talked about earlier, the executive privilege arguments just dont hold up. >> what about the request he is making to get t...

Bad enough. it has been weeks since the house voted to hold mark meadows in contempt. the supreme court denying trumps exec tifl privilege claim damages his defense and now his top aide is out speaking. how do you see this playing out for mark meadows? >> im at a little bit of loss on this one, don. it took doj about three weeks, about 21 days to decide that they were going to charge steve bannon with contempt, not that anyones counting but were now on day 45 of doj deciding whether its going to...

Case than steve bannon. last week we got this ruling from the supreme court that really gutted donald trumps executive privilege arguments, and it wasnt even based on donald trump being the former president. they just said even if he was the current president, his executive privilege claims lack so much merit that we can essentially throw them out here and now. there was some speculation maybe doj is waiting for that opinion. that was last week, that was a week and a half ago already so im not s...

Of the houses argument here that they should be held in contempt which means they could be indicted? >> the house has an incredibly strong argument, ari. as you say, mark meadows had some sort of arguments to maybe not be prosecuted for contempt and merrick garlands is evaluating that now. these guys have squat to use the technical legal term. i mean, its astounding to me that they are making the same executive privilege arguments that trumps inner circle made six months ago and trump made and i...

Evidence. now, its a temporary, temporary win-win here because it looked like we were headed towards a potential contempt vote and contempt prosecution of meadows. now, the committee at least gets some information out of meadows. some is better than none, and meadows avoids the possibility of being federally indicted which to most non-steve bannon people is a good thing. however, the big question is, how initial will this initial cooperation be? what happens when the committee starts asking mark...