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previous reluctant witnesses. one is the secret service. according to new cnn reporting, investigators have identified potential missing text messages on the phones of ten agents. messages from on and around january 6th. committee vice chair liz cheney calls the developments regarding the agency deeply troubling. >> i have just tremendous respect and admiration and real affection for members of the secret service, particularly those who were with my family on 9/11 and in the aftermath ...

Privilege log, provide those documents it doesnt apply to. this is where the lawyer felt he relied on the olc opinions. the olc opinions are based on the concept of separation of powers. if a president or former president invokes privilege, its presumptively valid, period. not for congress to say its not. what they say, very oddly, is you dont appear -- congress cannot compel you to appear. you say hes a private citizen, not a current executive branch member. the lawyer says, no, the rationale o...

Up a big fight for any documents that are covered under executive privilege. >> what about that, jeffrey, executive privilege? how strong of a case will the white house have in invoking it. >> the way executive privilege looks, you have to look at document by document. cant just say we invoke executive privilege into everything. remember, executive privilege only applies to the white house. there are 81 names there, virtually all of them dont work in the white house. and they certainly dont have...