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policies of limited government. those of us who believe in republican principles and ideals have a responsibility to try to lead the party back to what it can be. our nation is preserved by those who abide by the oath to the constitution. >> laura: she is leading an attack on the presidency itself. white house counsel pat cipollone in for questioning via subpoena after he had already talked to the committee voluntarily, its a sign of growing desperation by a woman who understands that ...

government. those of us who believe in republican principles, ideals have a responsibility to try to lead the party back to what it can. our nation is preserved by those who abide by their oath to our constitution. >> but in reality right now liz cheney is leading an attack p on the presidency itself. so how one white house counsel pat cipollone and for questioning via subpoenaunse afr he had already talked to the committee voluntarily. by the way, its justad a sign f growing desperati...

activities on january 6, 2021, and in the days that preceded and needs to hear from him on the record as they note other former white house counsels have done in other congressional investigations. there are, of course, privilege arguments about him coming forward and testifying about exchanges with a then-sitting president of the united states, who was his client, so its unclear whether he will comply with the subpoena. but tonight a lawyer familiar with cipollones thinking tells cnn ...

the news continues. lets hand it over to sara sidner and "cnn tonight." >> all right, thank you, anderson. im sara sidner. and this is "cnn tonight". a major development tonight following the bombshell testimony from the trump former white house aide. the january 6th committee has subpoenaed pat cipollone to compel him to testify. hes long been considered a key witness by the committee, but hes resisted speaking further with the panel after sitting for a closed door interview back in...

>> plus the justice department marks a new phase of its investigation into donald trump. a federal grand jury subpoena now demands testimony from a key west wing insider. the trump white house counsel pat cipollone. and chinas response to nancy pelosis defiance by dispatching 27 war planes into taiwans airspace. the house speaker says her taiwan visit a clear marker now in the battle between democracy and dictatorship. >> today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy...

Testimony, they invoked executive privilege and also attorney-client privilege. and what the federal prosecutors are hoping is that they can pierce through those privilege arguments to get a little bit more out of these men about some of those private conversations with donald trump. you will recall pat cipollones testimony before the january 6th committee, which was played at some of the hearings, and there were sometimes when they would get right up to the line, where he was about to tell them...

Appeals knocked that down. and lastly we have the most recent suggesting in the civil context theres already a preponderance of evidence there may have been a crime committed. so theres the crime fraud exception. so i think all those things weigh against the privilege arguments, but it certainly can be a blame tactic. and overall id say one bright piece of news for cipollone in this is that doj does not subpoena targets. thats something they wont do. they dont just bring you in front of the gran...

Administrations im trying to take this beyond donaldd trump and even pat cipollone to whats happening in the future to this idea of a candid back and forth between b a president and his white houset counsel. how damaging a could this be? well, this is the very core of executive privilege. you just cannot get more concentrated privilege arguments than the white house counsel himself. it is absolutely essential for the president to be able to turn to an attorney in the white house and ask for his ...