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fani willis wrote a scathing letter to jim jordan. >> trumps lawyers are signaling they may ask to move his case to federal court. >> a federal trial wouldnt have the press and media transparency. that would be a more broad jury pool. >> he was convicted on contempt of congress. >> this is not a landmark case. there was no indication of executive privilege. >> the manhunt for the escaped murder is heating up. they are confirming another sighting of danelo cavalcante. >> they did tell e...

Raised in his arguments. lets take a listen to what he said about how he sees this judges decision. im very pleased. that a federal judge for the very first time recognized that the constitution speech and debate protections apply to the vice president of the united states when youre serving as president of the senate. uh that was the core of my concern about the subpoena being brought. so hes choosing to frame this as a win in terms of his constitutional challenge, because they did give him tha...

Out. there is whether the former president will try to appeal this on executive privilege grounds. im told that the president former presidents legal team knows if they do that , they know they will likely lose, but they may still do it as a formality to preserve the issue for the future. for the future, perhaps, or to run out the clock a little bit. paula reed appreciate that important reporting. lets get some insights from ben ginsberg preeminent republican elections lawyer ben i want to talk ...

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Cnns jeremy herb now. this could potentially serve as another delay tack fix for trump. >> reporter: yeah, thats right. this is another roadblock for the special counsel in his investigation. both into january 6th and the classified documents at mar-a-lago. now we dont know yet the specifics of what was in this filing from trumps legal team because it was filed under seal. sources tell cnn that basically trump is asking for a federal judge to block pence from testifying on executive privilege gr...

Measure of protection for the conversations he has with his senior staff. thats not about. but that cant extend to wrongdoing or concealing crimes. if the president were to say to his chief of staff, hey, lets go rob a bank tomorrow, no one in no court would ever say that that statement ought to be protected. so, look. meadows well, i think, likely try to challenge this on executive privilege grounds. some of the conversations he had with the president might be protected, but, look, if were talk...

Now. the justice department tends to not compel people to testify that they are going to go on with the crime. heres a problem with doing so. what you have done is force him to testify against his wishes. it is really hard to then charge him with a crime after that because he already had testimony from him. we do not make people testify against themselves. it is a little tricky. now with respect to executive privilege we should talk about what we mean and what that is. we expect as a country tha...

This is all happening against the backdrop of what might be the biggest development this week. mike pence has been subpoenaed by special counsel jack smith in his probe investigating both trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling, or mishandling of classified documents. nbc news is now reporting that trumps attorneys are expected to fight that pence subpoena on executive privilege grounds. joining us now are molly jiang fast, host of the fast baltics bacchus and charles colem...

Consensual search the fbi conducted on friday afternoon. and and visor to mike pence confirmed to nbc news, quote the vice president continued as directed by his legal team to continue its cooperation with the authorities already seem to be fully transparent with the matter. that, of course, stands in stark contrast on how donald trump has handled the classified documents saga. this is all happening against the backdrop of what might be the biggest development this week. mike pence has been subp...

Lets race. boom. >> welcome back,, everybody no introducing the 10g network only from xfinity. word yet from the pence or trump cab yet after a source familiar with that matter told and we see news that lawyer for the former presidents are expected to face the subpoena issue defense by the special counsel on executive privilege grounds, joining me now is nbcs international politics jonathan alvin. jonathan, its great to talk to. you is there any indication at this point that trump supported effo...