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Believe that the situation we have and why were here this morning is because this case is unique and unprecedented. So why are cases normally not handled out in the public . All the other cases that came before either this committee or the Senate Committee whether or not they met the criteria of urgent concern were forwarded because they involved members of the Intelligence Community who were in organizations underneath the dnis authority and responsibility. This didnt come that way because it i...

I think are better suited to judge when they have the experience. but shes not the youngest in the nations history, the -- though not highly qualified and my guess is it had a lot to do with just her lack of experience. so here she is two years in about a hint of one of the most significant cases in the history of the country. >> yeah. can we talk about the case in terms of what makes it different from most cases, and what the thorniest aspects of this are? are they the questions of executive pr...

Girlfriended though not highly qualified. and here she is two years in about to handle one of the most significant cases in the histors of the country. >> yeah,of neil, can we talk abn the case and what makes it different from most cases and what these thorniest aspects of this are. are the question of executive ec privilege, national security implications, is it just the actual defendant and who he is? i meannd what do you think abou this case is trickiest on its face? >> yeah, there isnt any e...

The nations history, the apa deemed her to be qualified, though not highly qualified and my guess is it had a lot to do with just her lack of experience. so here she is two years in about to hand out one at the most significant cases in the history that the country. >> yeah. neil, can we talk about the case and not what makes it different from most cases, and what the thorniest aspects of this are? are they the questions of executive privilege, are they the classification of national security im...

Issue is not an executive privilege issue. its a speech and debate clause issue, and it centers around his legislative role as president of the senate and whether he has a privileged based on that, so the lawyers need to think about if they want to expand that privilege. in other words, have him testify about less than judge boasberg ordered that he testify about they could appeal and try to get that ruling from the d c circuit. the problem is, it could also go the other way. judge boasberg orde...

Reason he does that, or does not do that, is because he doesnt want anything incriminating to be in writing. instead, he speaks very subtly. and michael cohen said that he would never tell you directly what to do, but he would say it in a way that you knew exactly what to do. but here is why i think he is too cute by half. this is the guy that we are now starting to see probably thinks that he is bulletproof, shielded, invincible, and hes talking to his lawyers. and now we are seeing, time after...

Doj. we are no longer in the realm of congress and congressional subpoenas and information. we are talking about a criminal investigation being carried out by the u.s. department of justice and if you think back to the january 6th investigation, we saw plenty of people including mike pence himself brush off the committee and nothing happened. it doesnt work that way when youre in front of doj and a grand jury. they can compel you to come forward and if you dont agree to. and the arguments mike p...

This executive privilege issue. there are other ways where we may see it soon. so essentially, trump is being flushed out on this often advanced but legally empty claim. >> so fig, just talk about his investigative matter, how important it is to have fulsome and unrestricted access not just to the people who knew what trump was doing, but to the people who knew they were the victims, the intended victims of the attack. >> yeah, so as an investigator, youre looking at this going look, as i approa...

Privilege. this was not a lawyers office. theres no reason to believe that the residence is chock-full of attorney-client privilege. and its a facade for him trying to raise the executive privilege issue which is outside the scope. the biggest danger here, this is a judge inserting herself into something she has no business being there. shes meddling in the criminal investigation. i hope that doj hits back very, very hard on this and points out that not only theyre doing it by the book correctly...

Court. back when michael cohen was arrested, seized, and searched, the justice department collected a lot of information that hes claimed was his attorney/client work product for donald trump. and what happens in that sort of situation is someone like trumps attorneys could go to court, and they could file a claim that says, please, court, provide a third party to look through these things. we knoll the justice department will use a filter team to make sure there arent really privileged things t...