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Retrieved the laptop from the aid. this is the first time that were learning classified materials were copied electronically, raising questions about the possibility of other documents being copied in potentially shared. joining us now, barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and law professor at the university of michigan law school. she is an msnbc legal analyst. and michael j moore, former u.s. attorney for the middle district of georgia. he was a partner at more hall lap law firm in atlanta. b...

Tonight. on the subpoena to former vice president mike pence in the special counsels investigation into trump role in the january 6th attack on the capitol. robert costa, coauthor of the book peril, which recounts donald trump pressuring mike pence not to certify the election, reports quote, sources close to trumps legal team says that trump lawyers are expected to contest pences grand jury subpoena an executive privilege grounds. this sets up a potential legal fight over testimony from pence, ,...

We have been reporting on the breaking news in the investigation of trumps role on the january 6th attack. attorneys for trump are now expected to fight the special counsel subpoena of former vice president mike pence on executive privilege grounds. the trump campaign has not responded to requests for comment as of yet, we want to bring in tara palmieri, senior political correspondent for fox news, tara, it is good to talk to. any indication, any of your reporting telling you that both pence and...

Investigation, but it is something that can be of extreme concern. >> glenn, lets go to the relationship between trump and pence, this is not been confirmed by nbc, but cbs news recently reported, quote, its source close to trumps legal team says trumps lawyers are expected to contest pences grand jury subpoena on executive privilege grounds. what does this mean now that there is a potential legal fight for pences testimony? >> you know, cory, the only thing in means is there might be some delay...

Gutierrez, for us, thank you. coming, up by the, way later this hour, im going to be joined by john morrison, with fairfax county urban search and rescue, a virginia task force currently deployed in turkey to assist in around the clock search for earthquake victims. we are following this breaking news this hour, everybody, on the doj special counsel subpoena of mike pence. nbc news is that reporting that attorneys for donald trump are expected to fight the subpoena on executive privilege grounds...

Understanding that the merciless campaign and at last call around 11:30 on january 6th is one that the vice president took alone without an aide there, and so that means there is no one else who can supply to jack smith evidence of what the president said and what vice president pence said back to the president at the time. now we have seen some clips from president trumps side of that call, but they were not complete, and so that is, i think, some critical testimony. and ultimately if this is c...

Short, they did fight their subpoenas on executive privilege grounds, but we know they ultimately did give testimony to the grand jury back in october. so, this is a big subpoena for the special counsel, but something that we should have expected because we knew these negotiations were definitely ongoing with pences legal team here, wolf. so, unclear exactly what additional information beyond what was in his memoir the former vice president will be able to give, but still a big move from the spe...

Former presidents do not. so meadows was looking at the same fate as trumps former adviser steve bannon, who has been criminally charged with contempt for his refusal to cooperate. he doesnt want charges, the litigation and the possible conviction on his record. he knows that theres no executive privilege grounds to withhold, so he started cooperating. >> youve said the courts are not buying the former presidents argument about executive privilege, but what if the strategy is to keep arguing abo...

All of these events that happened today are tied together by the simple proposition that current presidents have the power over executive privilege, over whether or not documents or testimony can be heard. former presidents do not. so meadows was looking at the same fate as trumps former adviser steve bannon, who has been criminally charged with contempt for his refusal to cooperate. he doesnt want charges, the litigation and the possible conviction on his record. he knows that theres no executi...

Recruisal from the russia investigation and the investigation was very unfair to the president and the president had done nothing wrong and sessions planned to meet with the special counsel and let him move forward with investigating election meddling in the future elections. now, wolf, when you talk to democrats in the judiciary committee, they made two things clear. one in the obstruction piece, this is one of the key elements. the idea that president trump trying to stand in the way, get rid ...