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Im dianne gallagher in kentucky. this is cnn. former trump white house counsel patsy pallone has been subpoenaed by a federal grand jury investigating the return of the 2020 election. sources tell cnn, cipollone and his attorneys are discussing ways that theyre going to handle this appearance before the grand jury, including how to deal with executive privilege issues. thats what the source says. abc news, first to report the subpoena. i want to bring in cnns global affairs analyst. good eveni...

Hostages to this dangerous and e rational man. >> cnn learned former president donald trumps white house counsel pat cipollone will probably agree to a trance crimed interview with the january 6th committee. a lawyer familiar with his thinking said he could sit for an interview limited to specific topics to avoid executive privilege issues. lets discuss it with elie honig and allen rosenstein. gentlemen, always great to have both of you here. welcome, allen. i havent spoken with you in person be...

Certainly be calling out, you know, gosar and jordan and perry and if they give meadows a pass, it would only be because hes already sort of in the mau of the department of justice for the criminal contempt charges. so -- and he is the chief of staff, after all. that makes harder executive privilege issues. so i think he is in probability terms, yasmin, not top of the charts. but i think these six members of congress better be getting lawyers. >> so here is the thing. "new york times" reporting ...

Branch for the future -- >> if youre a lawyer in the white house youre not rolling over on the executive privilege issues. >> let me jump in there, because the white house has yet to assert executive privilege. what the white house asserted which no white house asserted was absolute immunity. all white houses in the past have negotiated with congress and they say this is privileged and nixon did it, clinton did it, i dont know what andrew johnson did, i was a young child. >> on fast and furious,...

Defense of the case. i think in some respects, its case closed. the evidence is in. the testimony has been received. yeah, we might hear from john bolton down the road or some additional witness. but for the most part, the factual predicate is there. its now really a legal issue, a constitutional issue as to whether or not this body of facts constitutes bribery, treason, or a high crime and misdemeanor. >> mike, talk about the conflict in the white house counsels office that was going on during ...

Misdemeanor. >> talk about the conflict in the white house counsels office that was going on during the time period of your reporting tonight. >> well, the white house counsels office was trying to figure out whether the administration had to hand over the whistleblowers complaint to congress. the whistleblower had come forward to the inspector general for the intelligence community, and the inspector general wanted to give that document to congress, but the white house counsels office thought t...

Misdemeanor. >> mike, talk about the conflict inth the white house counsels office that was going on during the time period of your reporting tonight. >> well, the white house counsels office was trying to figure out whether the administration had to hand over the whistle-blowers complaint to congress. the whistle-blower had come forward to the inspector general for the intelligence community, and thee inspector general wand to give that document to congress, but the white house counsels office ...

Ongoing impeachment proceedings? >> well, i would say if this was a football game, you know, this ruling is sort of a 30-yard line ruling. its not a 100-yard line. its not a touchdown. it doesnt come to the end of anything. and thats because the question before the court is whether or not the white house is assert absolute immunity. whether or not they can say blanketly to a non white house employee you cant even go. and thats a pretty broad statement. so even if they agree with the democrats th...

Walling it. you mean a court battle. >> thats their only option. there is no excuse for don mcgahn not to be testifying. for corey lewandowski not to be testifying. >> for the life of me i do not understand why they havent put corey lewandowski before a congressional hearing who has no claim of privilege that could be adjudicated. >> because he was never a government official so you couldnt have any sort of executive privilege issues. but they havent done it yet. and it is worth noting that, yes...

Enforcements of the subpoenas involving the attorney general and the former white house counsel. republicans say that is unlikely because they do not believe democrats can prevail in a civil proceeding, number 1. talking about grand jury material. a very high bar for that to be shared. we have the executive privilege issues. so they should communications with the president. so even if you go to court, its a month-long process and could take you up to 2020. just as a foot note, two other types of...