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Its going to lead to some immediate evidence or disclosure of criminal charges. whats really significant is this is a gradual whittling away at this kind of no-fly zone thats developed around the presidency. congress can strengthen its oversight ability if the courts are saying yeah, this is legitimate oversight. and it actually offers the supreme court a chance to rebalance things here. if they stay out of this, which they should, let congress do its job, it will chip away at this over amount o...

Some of them according to this letter. i do want to know if you understand the concern from some of your republican colleagues like for example your colleague on the intel committee, congressman mike turner of ohio that this is unprecedented in so many ways. right? because youre dealing with the former president. youre dealing with this search and his argument that it requires more oversight and transparency particularly to congress, right? you have this unique position on oversight and intel. l...

Along with the fact theres an old olc memo that addresses the fact executive privilege could extend to people outside the white house, in a situation like this where the president has already made a decision the privilege should be waived, we know the privilege isnt absolute and must fail in a great public need for information. so that calculus about evidence seems like something doj could answer in the affirmative. then they have to make sure that the prosecution would be in national interest s...

Subpoena against bannon, congress might as well pack up and quit having any pretensive of oversight ability. but what we have to be aware of is the risk that bannon will wrap himself in that mantle of witch hunt and being politically persecuted and that they will try to use this to whip trumps base back into a fever. everyone needs to be prepared for that scenario. >> i guess if he was really down for going to jail, he would have begged for a pardon. betsy, the committees naming names. not just ...

Want and the rules committee and elsewhere. that would be a muddied decision and one that wouldnt advance them all, right? >> well, theres no doubt that a prosecutor, a federal prosecutor, especially thats where my experience is, you know, in a limited subpoena could obtain tax records. thats a very common procedure, but they would have to obviously make the showing and have, you know, meet the legal standards of congresss subpoenas and the attorney generals of new york if those are different st...

Confidential documents that an american submits to their government, medical records are in that same category of things that, you know, we dont want sort of walking around the street and so, i think this case is going to maybe back fire on the democrats in the house because it could put limits on their oversight ability and i think that would be an unintended consequence of some of the lawsuits that they have going on an all over the country. >> we dont know why there are a lot of reasons the p...

Show up and testify. and, of course, the democrats and their lawyers can then make the fight on whether hes abusing -- abusing the claim of presidential privilege or any other privileges at some other point. but, mika, we both know how frustrated elijah cummings was that the houses oversight ability was hampered by the fact that the trump administration was acting lawless and said were just not going to cooperate. >> thats right. thats right. ruth, thank you very much. your new book "supreme amb...

President trump, nice of him and his lawyer, to testify. he also fired a warning shot while we invite you to this hearing, we remind you if you continue to refuse to make witnesses and documents available to the committee, thef chair will have discretion to impose appropriate remedies. my stomach is hurting because im laughing so hard about this earlier. i dont know what he is threatening, but how should the white house respond? >> they ought to say go ahead bring another suit and we will take i...

Today chairman nadler inviting president trump nice of him and his lawyer to testify. he also fired a warning shot while we invite you to this hearing, we remind you if you continue to refuse to make witnesses and documents available to the committee, the chair will have discretion to impose appropriate remedies. my stomach is hurting because im laughing so hard about this earlier. i dont know what he is threatening but how should the white house respond? >> they ought to say go ahead, bring ano...

Because if we do, its basically carte blanche for this president and anyone who comes after him, but are we also prepared to say that congress will tolerate the complete stonewalling of an impeachment inquiry or our oversight, because if we do, it will mean that the impeachment clause is a complete nullity and more than that, our oversight ability is really an ability in name only. >> but if thats your view and youve also said that this weeks testimony, quote, goes right to the heart of the issu...