Executive Privilege Request News Today

even questioning how this came to light. merrick garland was getting creamed in the pr war as trump repeatedly slammed the search as a break-in, but the attorney general felt he couldnt publicly respond. so justice department officials made hair case through leaks -- their case through leaks which violate the rights of a potential defendant who hasnt been charged with anything and may not be. they made garlands case from a behind a curtain of anonymity. a poll-up piece in "the washingt...

Were going to begin with a major blow for donald trump. the white house rejecting his request to keep documents related to his activities on january 6th out of the committees hands. lets go to nbcs julia sirken. >> reporter: the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection subpoenaed four individuals last month. two of them, they say, are engaging with the committee. former president trumps inner circle, mark meadows and kash patel, one of them, dan scavino, who reports say they were abl...

For being obstructionist. so, its a weird day. that was a weird thing that happened. >> and it was weird because devin nunez has essentially functioned as a white house staffer this this whole enterprise. thats been the chief complaint of the democrats on the committee. >> right. and i think a really note worthy aspect of all this is the fact that steve bannon actually didnt have to comply with the executive privilege request from the white house. there is nothing that they could legally do to h...