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Required by law and explaining his view that it was subject to a presidents ability to claim executive privilege. >> we consulted with the white house councils office and were advised the information was subject to executive privileg, a privilege that i do not have the authority to waive. >> reporter: it was he noted an unprecedented legal situation in many ways. >> this appears to be the first intelligence committee whistleblower complaint that has ever, ever been withheld from congress. is tha...

Receiving a complaint that fingered the president and the attorney general for possible wrong doing, magire first consulted the offices of those two men, the justice department and the white house. >> you first went to the office of legal counsel. and then you went to the white house counsel? >> no, no, no sir. we went to the white house first to determine, to ask a -- >> thats all i want to know. you went to the white house first. so you went to the subject of the complaint for advice first abo...