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Taking the fifth amendment. i have said before that i tend to think i would advise any client appearing before this committee to take the fifth, quite frankly, because i have real problems with the political composition of the committee. i think it was inappropriate to make chairman thompson the chairman after he sued former president trump, alleging that former president trump was responsible for the events of january 6th and that he, chairman thompson, suffered personal injuries for it. i dont...

Validity of such an invocation. >> so, the prosecution says bannon, quote, acted in bad faith throughout by claiming he was merely acting on former president trumps instructions, the executive privilege claims youre referring to, even though former president trumps attorney made clear he was not, unquote. so, did trump ask him not to testify? and when was the last time they spoke? >> well, this guy youre talking about, justin clark, presidents so-called attorney, i call one of the thugs of that ...

A lot of inflammatory thoughts among people. but mr. bannon is a person who believes in the constitution, respects the institution of the presidency. and in this case, respected the invocation of executive privilege and the presumptive validity of such an invocation. >> so, the prosecution says bannon, quote, acted in bad faith throughout by claiming he was merely acting on former president trumps instructions, the executive privilege claims youre referring to, even though former president trump...

In december that the oath keepers attended. they said, hey, essentially these were on standby. when you have this invocation from rhodes saying that, if trump calls upon us, in fact, in this open letter he tells trump that they have mission critical gear outside of d.c., referring to these weapons they had, and this cash outside of d.c., in this quick reaction, of course, it makes it more difficult to say that this was just about protecting themselves from black life matter, or antifa, which ess...

A recent win for a justice of the peace in Texas is being viewed as a win for all faith groups.

. ♪ ♪ welcome back. were following the ceremonies taking place both in new york and the pentagon. we want to pause and listen to the commemoration service happening as we speak at the pentagon. ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the invocation. >> i invite you to pray with me on this solemn occasion. almighty god, we thank you for your love and your grace. thank you for being here with us

What do you think about their continuing invocation of executive privilege? >> as of today, alex, that is a weak privilege. a former government official, ex president, has very few legal rights as it relates to asserting the privilege. its been pretty clear, based on president nixon cases that the current president makes as decisions. if you think about, if that makes a lot of sense, if we have every former government applying telling differs government what to do, it would be a real mess. i thi...

Legal minds have pushed back on it. what do you think about the strength of that offense and what do you think about their continuing invocation of executive privilege? >> as of today, alex, that is a weak privilege. a former government official, ex president, has very few legal rights as it relates to asserting the privilege. its been pretty clear, based on president nixon cases that the current president makes as decisions. if you think about, if that makes a lot of sense -- and a real mess an...

Which is, in the context of a civil trial, if this goes to a civil trial, it is the case that a jury can draw negative inferences from invocation of the fifth amendment. and that is not actually permissible in a jury trial in a criminal matter. invoking the fifth cannot be used against a defendant in a criminal matter, but it can be used by a jury to draw negative inferences if this should go to a civil trial. professor lawrence douglas. satellite images appear to show extensive damage and sever...

Example, under oath, this could turn into a criminal perjury case. any statements made here could also be used by separate investigations into the familys business dealings, which the manhattan da is looking into. the point you make is an important one, which is, in the context of a civil trial, if it goes to a civil trial, if it goes to a civil trial, it is the case that a jury trial, it is the case that a jury can draw negative inferences from invocation of the faith amendment. that is not per...