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Whistle-blower complaint about trumps dealings with ukraine. lets discuss now. ryan lizza, carrie cordero, and max boot. max is the author of the corrosion of conservatism, why i left the right. quickly before we get to this, carrie, what does this mean now that mike pompeo has missed a deadline? what happens next? what do we know? >> well, i think theyre just going to have to keep going back and forth, and theyll have to decide whether theyre going to try to enforce it in court. normally what y...

Interestingly, there is a legal opinion from early in the trump administration saying that committee chairmen have the authority to conduct oversight. so its hard for the agency to have a legal argument not to comply at all. >> all right. carrie, thank you for answering that. max, the "times" is saying that a second official is considering becoming a whistle-blower about ukraine. its an intelligence official with more direct information. it seems like it could be a game-changer. >> well, i mean ...

"russian roulette: the inside story of putins war on america and the election of donald trump." max boot is here as well. max is the author of "the corrosion of conservatism: why i left the right". gentlemen, good to see all of you. thank you so much for joining us. john, im going to start with you. rudy giuliani has been subpoenaed by congress to produce documents. he says hes giving it appropriate consideration. do you think hes going to comply? how do you expect this to play out? >> i think h...

Important. if the presidents defenders cannot stick to the facts, if they cant tell the truth, then we have to say so. we have to demand the truth. we have got to. the facts. like we always say around here, facts first. and it matters now more than ever. do not fall for the okey-doke. giulianis subpoena, pompeos revelations. what is next in this fast-moving impeachment inquiry? thats a good question. john dean, michael isikoff, max boot, theyll answer next. take prilosec otc and take control of ...

President trump he faces a real likelihood of being impeached. that as president trump lashes out on twitter and says that he is trying to find out who the whistle-blower is. back with me now, john dean, michael isikoff, and max boot. so, john, lets talk about the whistle-blower. trump said in the oval office today that hes trying to figure out who that person is. i mean you know what its like to be threatened in this kind of situation. tell us what this whistle-blower is up against. is his or h...

Justice, controls the witness protection program. in this instance, the attorney general barr doesnt even think this man is a whistle-blower, or woman. and so you have a situation where i think adam schiff ought to come forward and go to the deputy attorney general and tell him, we want this witness to have protection of the witness protection program. and i think it could be done. >> well, listen, max, the president has been having a twitter meltdown of sorts, tweeting that he wants to meet his...

General barr doesnt even think this man is a whistle-blower, or woman. and so you have a situation where i think adam schiff ought to come forward and go to the deputy attorney general and tell him, we want this witness to have protection of the witness protection program. and i think it could be done. >> well, listen, max, the president has been having a twitter meltdown of sorts, tweeting that he wants to meet his accuser, the whistle-blower, and warning of a civil war-like fracture in the cou...

Attorney who writes lengthy memoranda to his client but rather communicates with him through fox news. >> max, democrats are warning giuliani and the president about trying to obstruct the inquiry. could this end up as another article of impeachment, you think? >> well, it definitely could. i mean not just the obstruction but also the threats that the president is now issuing against the whistle-blower, saying that hes a spy and suggesting that he should get the death penalty, saying that hes in...

>> max, democrats are warning giuliani and the president about trying to obstruct the inquiry. could this end up as another article of impeachment, you think? >> well, it definitely could. i mean not just the obstruction but also the threats that the president is now issuing against the whistle-blower, saying that hes a spy and suggesting that he should get the death penalty, saying that hes interested in learning the whistle-blowers identity. i mean remember the president has a duty under the c...

Obstruction of justice and the obstruction of congress. i think those are also major articles. >> max, listen, before i get to michael, i hope people at home are listening. could you ever imagine a president of the united states tweeting out or saying something like that about someone who works in the government, about a whistle-blower, that we want to find out who they are, its treason? i mean its -- its just -- i cant believe its -- i cant believe i actually read it when i read it. >> yeah. i ...