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Law professor at georgetown university, and a prosecutor, hes an msnbc legal analyst. paul, i am fascinated by the postponement of jeffrey clarks testimony because he lost his lawyer. and this reporting in the washington post that the separation from the lawyer has something to do with whether he would cooperate with the committee, what is your interpretation of all of that? >> it is really interesting. lawrence, when a lawyer leaves a case, she is required by attorney client privilege to contin...

The judge approves it he can quit the case. >> but in an instant like this where there is no judge that would be say in a courtroom in a civil case or criminal case in a courtroom but there is no judge here so that makes this so weird, right? we are absent a certain kind of information we might have had if this were a court case. >> absolutely right. it is the lawyers prerogative if he doesnt feel he is the best person to represent the client to suggest respectfully the client find another attor...

Subpoena next week, nbc news is also reporting that melissa fara, the former trump white house directors strategic of communication resigned in december of 2020, has been voluntarily speaking with the republicans on the select committee for a few months now. the day after the attack on the capitol, far told politico, she quit the trump white house because she quote, saw where this was heading -- the president and certain advisers around him are directly responsible. and the committee has granted...

A civil case or in a criminal case in the courtroom. but there is not judge. here so thats what makes this so weird, right? we are absent to certain kind of information, we might have if this had been a court case. >> yes, that is absolutely right. again, its the lawyer prerogative if he does not feel like he is the best person to represent the client, to suggest respectfully, that the client find another attorney. >> and we know that the committee is not being especially patient about these thi...

Be talking about climate, change the biggest aspect of his proposal, is on climate change, a lot of climate change activists are happy with, that and thats something hes going to be able to sow to the folks over. there and say hey we are going to have a huge investment, in climate change. prevention over here. >> jacqui one last question for you i know in your spare time youve been covering the one six committee. not the first time weve had a major name, and were expecting in action only to hear...

Claims of massive voter fraud, it received continuance or postponement of the deposition, before the house select committee and protect -- bit of a break up with his lawyer. they confirmed earlier today, its unclear what it was, but usually when a lawyer and his client breakup, its most likely because there are differences in the eagles strategy, maybe a client was being pulled in another direction by another lawyer, its still unclear with the cynics committee is prepared to offer a postponement...

Former president trump have been granted postponements by the house select committee investigating the capitol insurrection. ryan nobles is working the story for us. ryan, what are you picking up on capitol hill where you are? >> yeah, thats right, wolf. these are two key witnesses that the committee considers very important to their investigation. dan scavino, the former deputy white house chief of staff has been granted a short postponement in answering his subpoena as has jeffrey clark, the f...

Closest advisers that it is time to start cooperating with their investigation. former white house chief of staff, mark meadows, was subpoenaed more than a month ago. he was given a short postponement because his attorneys had been engaging with the committee. however, cnn has learned the negotiations have yet to produce results and now the committee is considering next steps. our patience isnt unlimited and engagement needs to become cooperation very soon, a house select committee source told c...

They need to take and many committee members are not ruling out a criminal contempt referral of meadows as well. now, this is not to say that is going to happen any time soon. they have yet to set another deadline for meadows to respond to that subpoena. they said that they were granting him a short postponement from the original subpoena deadline. once that second deadline is set, erica, thats when there will be real movement in terms of the next steps in terms of getting meadows to comply with...

A new delay in the much-anticipated release of documents related to the 1963 assassination of president john f. kennedy. in a memo friday, this is what the white house wrote. temporary, continued postponement is necessary to protect against identifiable harm to the military defense, intelligence operations, law enforcement, or the conduct of foreign relations that is of such gravity that it outweighs the public interest in immediate disclosure. joining me now is national security attorney mark z...