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Joe digenova. and former deputy assistant general john yoo. whats the first form of action here? should lindsey graham hold hearings as chair and bring the real authors of this report before the committee? and find out why this recusal was not done and whether any conflict check was done in this case? >> absolutely.e it wont do any good to file complaints with bars. lindsey graham has a wonderful opportunity before the final report from borowitz comes out as an interim accountability staff, he s...

Held accountable? joe digenova, john yu, and former acting attorney general matt whitaker will weigh in. plus the democrats reactions to yesterdays hearing tells us about their chances in 2020. and later ilhan omar has something against white men. annually revealed video reveals an insight into her warm warped mind-set. do you like to bathe in one bathwater, you dr. drew here with all the literally sickening details. but first, time for accountability. thats the focus of tonights angle. the fall...

Way the justice department -- this is almost like a punch line of a joke. how bad it? its so bad john yu is freaked out. >> when we have the breakdown of so many institutions simultaneously, this is why were all in a collective panic because we have the president saying the doj is not to be trusted, the fbi, the cia, the military is not to be trusted, the media isnt to be trusted, congress isnt to be trusted. so when were trying to put together a narrative on how corrupt and illegal this man has...

Presidency. i think thats whats happening. >> i agree with this point. i think when youve got people like john yu, extremely polarizing and unpopular on the far right around legislative battles after 9/11 sounding the alarms, i think thats right. i think making the most of what you have, i agree this is the way to do it. the truth is hope hicks has defied a subpoena. donaldson defied a subpoena. this is normalized by accommodations to plan b and plan c, isnt it? >> every criminal defendant i inv...

Emergencies, the oldest one will mark its 40th birthday this year, ten days after the u.s. embassy in tehran was stormed, jimmy carter declared a national emergency to deal with the iran threat. that order is still in effect. as is the one declared after september 11th, 2001. i wanted to dig into just what powers the president gains by declaring a national emergency and whether the border situation fits the bill. elizabeth gutie wrote an atlantic article that lays it ought owl, its called "in a ...

Theres a real constitutional issue when you have guys like john yu, president bushs lawyer, saying that matthew whitakers appointment is unconstitutional, this is a serious question about the senates constitutional role in advise and consent to a principal officer like the attorney general. the question of ivanka trumps e-mails, i think thats a lot of noise and plays into the presidents strength which is create a lot of confusion and say, these democrats are out to get me for every little thing ...

Govern. so yes, you can do both but there is a question of emphasis and also a question within the investigations of what sort of noise and what really matters. theres a real constitutional issue when you have guys like john yu, president bushs lawyer, saying that matthew whitakers appointment is unconstitutional, this is a serious question about the senates constitutional role in advise and consent to a principal officer like the attorney general. the question of ivanka trumps e-mails, i think ...

Article two of the constitution tells us hes a principal officer and as a principal officer he must have senate confirmation. so the fact is that clarence thomas, justice clarence thomas had an opinion where he said that the larger point here is to avoid presidential favoritism and buabuses of power. thats what alexander hamilton said, the originalists say this appointment is unconstitutional. john yu as well. so youve got the whole spectrum from left and right. originalists saying its not accep...

Inferior. the constitution tells us thats not true. the constitution treats the heads of departments as principal officers. in a couple of different places. so if thats true, then what is whitaker right now? whitaker is the head of a department. and as head of a department, article two of the constitution tells us hes a principal officer and as a principal officer he must have senate confirmation. so the fact is that clarence thomas, justice clarence thomas had an opinion where he said that the ...

Question that has been bouncing around ever since matt whitakers name was put up as the acting a.g. is he properly there. a lot of prominent conservatives have said hes not, including john yu, a law professor at berkeley and in the george w. bush administration. i think this is an open legal question. the office of legal counsel memo was lengthy but relied on a lot of old precedent. its a real legal question. well have to see it make its way through the courts and see what the answer is. >> on t...