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have a written statement in "due course". attorneys for trump compared the documents to an overdue library book, marveling at how the records dispute that has suddenly been transformed into a criminal investigation. trump and his team tried all kinds of defenses, frump falsely saying the top secret documents were his, to then saying that he declassified them. in court today, the doj lawyers were blunt, saying he is no long for president, and because hes no longer the president, he had ...

Activation. so thats just one thing. as we look at this 51-page resolution, laura, there are other significant moments in here, such as this power point -- this power point that was floating around capitol hill, mark meadows attorney, this is according to "the new york times," apparently got this power point that outlined ways in which members of congress could overturn the election. it was basically a step by step guide to overturning the election. mark meadows attorney says that he received th...

Timetable at the justice department for this? >> i would expect they could move pretty quickly. look, the justice department has a rule that they will not prosecute someone for contempt of congress if they are refusing to testify because there has been a legitimate claim of executive privilege by the president of the united states. it ought to be pretty easy for the attorney general to pick up the phone, call the white house counsel and say, dana, did president biden invoke executive privilege f...

President, did president biden invoke executive privilege for geoff clark or steve bannon or any of these witnesses? and when the answer is no, as we know the answer. is its a pretty straight up and down prosecution. i actually think the justice department can do more to send a signal to these witnesses, and all of the other witnesses we know, this committee and other committee want to talk to you from the trump administration, by just making it clear, that if you are not the subject of an execu...

Are folks that have the ability to say im not coming. there are various methods of enforcement when you go to court, there will be executive privilege as you mentioned the former president trump said hell assert that. it doesnt fly, as you know, because the right to assert executive privilege is held by the office of the presidency and whoever the current occupant of that office is. in this case, its joe biden, not former president trump as much as he wishes that were so. its also true one of th...

>> correct, it is two steps, first theyre saying i have as a presidential advisor immunity, i dont have to show up at all. that is being litigated in the courts and well have decisions imminently on that. if the court rules there is not immunity then they have to now up. if there is an executive privilege assertion, these witnesses will be allowed to assert privilege and that will be litigated again into it is not a simple process, but the first thing is the courts have to rule that these witnes...

So, lauren, how will these letters impact the hearing today? >> in a big way, jim. this is just the latest tug of war between democrats on capitol hill in the trump administration as they are trying to get infor investigation, specifically about this impeachment inquiry that the house judiciary committee is undergoing. so one thing that we are going to be watching for is specifically what corey lewandowski will be willing to talk about. just his time on the campaign trail? will he be willing to ...

Think hes going to do the right thing and release parts of the report. hes not going to release the whole report. he will release parts. but thats my prediction. >> charles: robert? >> well, its hard to say. depends on what is in that report. you can imagine andy mccarthy, my former colleague from the certain district of new york has touched on the right issues. you may have national security information in the report, which would be problematic to be re-luised. >> charles: and that can be redac...

9-0 decision in the united states versus nixon, they ruled that the grand jurys right to receive evidence overcomes the executive privilege assertion. there has been reporting that the white house lawyers are looking at this case, a d.c. circuit case involving espn why it said essentially in order to overcome executive privilege, you need a compelling reason. but for me, that is really of no moment because it seems to me if youre evaluating the intention of a person to determine whether they obs...