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Theyre working towards what is referred to as an accommodation, a way to agree on how he can potentially comply with this subpoena. this is the standard process often when you receive a subpoena like this. but it is not clear if theyre going to be able to reach an agreement that is amenable to both sides. and the committee made it clear, theyre going to move swiftly to potentially pursue criminal contempt against anyone who does not comply to their satisfaction. with patel, off the calendar toda...

To get anything out of him because he mr. parnas according to his lawyer john dowd, assists rudy giuliani in connection with mr. giulianis representation of president trump. so the president has a lawyer, his name is rudy giuliani. in rudy giulianis capacity as the presidents lawyer he employs this guy lev parnas as his assistant, as his little helper. which seemed crazy, not least because john dowd, that lawyer wrote his letter addressed to congress in the comic sans typeface which made it seem...

Information. neither did the office of legal counsel. that opinion has been unclassified and disseminated. it was urgent concern. a legal definition. urgent concern met the certain criteria weve discussed several times. it did not. all that did was take away the seven days. now, as i said before just because it was not forwarded to this committee does not mean that it went unanswered. the icig and the justice department referred it to the federal bureau of investigation for investigation. so thi...

Things. the white house did not, did not, direct me to withhold the information. neither did the office of legal counsel. that opinion has been unclassified and has been disseminated. the question came down to, urgent concern, which is a legal definition. it doesnt mean is it important, is it timely, urgent concern met the certain criteria weve discussed several times here. it did not. all that did, sir, was just take away the seven days. as i said before, just because it was not forwarded to th...

Disclosure. the icig evaluated the disclosure, preliminary review, and said it was credible. he said it was urgent. according to the law, the next step is that complaint has to be transmitted to the congressional intelligence committees where the dni put the process to a halt. >> did the dni commit a crime but not handing it over to congress? >> they certainly didnt follow the letter of the law. it says they shall submit it to the intelligence committees. it doesnt say he may. in good faith, i b...

Jerry nadler is already thinking about his next steps. according to nbc news, nadler is seeking to compel testimony from former white house counsel don mcgahn, mcgahn name appears 500 times in the report. considered a linchpin in the obstruction of justice case against the president. multiple officials tell nbc news the committee could move within days to request a court order to enforce its subpoena for documents and in-person testimony from don mcgahn. staffers from the hearing say you can exp...

So this will only ratchet up the tension between the two branches of government. and in in latest example today, the white house has directed hope hicks who was a former white house official, a close adviser to president trump and the deputy white house counsel anne donaldson to not turn over documents to the judiciary committee during the time at the white house. arguing that the documents could fall under confidentiality. they could be subject to executive privilege concerns. in both cases, an...

Justice this morning, rod rosenstein, deputy attorney general also arrived to work with him, to scrutinize and analyze his confident report that robert mueller handed to an attorney general yesterday. the report is comprehensive, we dont know how lengthy it is. the attorney general wants to provide congress with information this weekend. we could expect tomorrow to be the day that bill barr provides congress with a document detailing what the principle conclusions are. we dont know how lengthy t...

White house special counsel emmitt flood, that the white house initially rejected the request, similar in the way they handled the john kelly -- the former chief of staff interview. this was a change from before. as you may recall, before, white house staffers were voluntarily being interviewed by robert muellers staff. the white house wasnt standing in the way. in this case, there was a change. of course, there was concern about executive privilege and those conversations sarah sanders had with...

As you may recall, before white house staffers were voluntarily being interviewed by robert muellers staff. the white house wasnt standing in the way. in this case, there was a change. of course, there was concern about executive privilege and those conversations sarah sanders had with the president, whether they should be protected. we dont know if there were limitations. i can tell you in talking to sources, sarah sanders, before she would go on the podium, she would talk to president trump. h...