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Farcter than you were able to get? >> i think theres both new witnesses who we didnt get, pence and mark meadows. and then i think theres additional information from witnesses we did get. pat cipollone, for example, is an institutionalist who felt very strongly he needed to preserve executive privilege, lawyers in the white house need to give advice to their clients without congressional oversight. my understanding is that jack smith has overcome that privilege assertion, and that has resulted i...

Fitten, who is not even a lawyer, certainly not an expert in presidential records act, when any other sober, capable lawyer who is steeped in those facts is telling him otherwise. thats not a legal defense. you cant rely on unreasonable advice. >> let me ask you this question about the january 6th piece of this. we just had -- well, let me ask you the january 6th piece. would you expect a january 6th case to also be brought at the same time, and could they be brought at the same time in theory? ...

Purported executive privilege. he believes that the law entitles him to all of that information, and he is determined to get it. look, you dont charge a former president with a crime absent doing your homework, and absolutely scouring the record for any possible relevant information. and jack smith and his team at special counsels office appear to be doing that. i hope that they go beyond what we did. we didnt have the legal means to push through some privilege assertions or the time. he does, a...

Committee has found questionable? >> right, well the committee has long said that the justice department has certain powers and abilities that they lack. >> remember, they are congressional investigation, their legislators not federal prosecutors. they dont have the power to tony body in jail, anybody in handcuffs. they cant even, really, threatened to do that. the justice department certainly can and so i think many of these witnesses may well treat a subpoena from the justice department differ...

>> remember, they are a congressional investigation, their legislators not federal prosecutors. they dont have the power to tony put body in jail, anybody in handcuffs. they cant even, really, threatened to do that. but the justice department certainly can and so i think many of these witnesses may well treat a subpoena from the justice department differently than a subpoena from a legislative branch. weve even seen the justice department subpoena some of the same witnesses that have already tes...

Obviously, mr. meadows did not comply with his obligation to come in. you cant just say im not coming in. you have a privilege. you have to assert it, question by question and then we can make a determination. on the other hand, he was the chief of staff, so the privilege assertions are more complicated than mr. bannon, who was not even a federal employee. so, we are hopeful that the doj will proceed. meanwhile, we are getting information about mr. meadows activity from other sources in a positi...

Chief of staff, so the privilege assertions are more complicated than mr. bannon, who was not even a federal employee. so, we are hopeful that the doj will proceed. meanwhile, we are getting information about mr. meadows activity from other sources in a position to know. >> alex jones went public monday with the fact that he testified under oath to the committee on monday on his show, he talked about it. and he said that he took the fifth amendment about 100 times. and he said that he knew what ...

Would you like to see the notes his lawyer took on their criminal fuckin conspiracy?

Cooperate on those matters. that alone is sufficient to advance the referral. but for the sake of argument, lets talk about mr. meadows privilege assertions. the select committee is not able to assess whether mr. meadows is making those assertions in good faith because he wont even come in and address them on a question by question basis as required. i have my view of whether he made these claims in good faith because ive seen him on television talking about his conversations with the president ...

0 defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, its going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying the...