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Lawyer for the office of the presidency, not for the president. >> right. >> but he does have legitimate executive privilege issues that he could raise, lawyer/client, i guess privilege issues. and some questions. but we he knows a lot about what was going on and he was in a lot of these meetings. >> yeah, andrea, i think well know the real impact of pat cipollones testimony later today when we can figure out or hear from the committee the degree to which he answered their questions and either c...

Deal with the committee for a transcribed interview behind closed doors but its happening this friday. oh, and its going to be on video. a lawyer is telling cnn the interview will be limited to specific topics to avoid privilege issues. he was of course the white house counsel. the committee has called him, quote, uniquely positioned to testify. i mean, the understatement of the year. think of what he knows. think about how many times you out there even heard his name from other witnesses during...

Shock and surprise. at lindsey graham. is making history. making history by getting a grand jury subpoena. >> no shock, no surprise. although this is going to get complicated. we got a lot of issues here as the former prosecutor was delineating. you got some privilege issues. youve got some work product issues. and the other thing to remember here is, lawrence, this is a special grand jury. this is not a regular grand jury this. is a special grand jury that can set a longer than a typical grand ...

Something about discussing direct conversation with the president and that it would avoid specific topics of privilege issues. when i was saying that you were like what does that mean? >> you could read my body language there. let me try to translate this. theyre trying to reach a negotiated resolution where they ask pat cipollone some questions but not others. but if theyre going to say you dont have to answer anything that might involve executive privilege that means theyre not going to ask hi...

Transcribed interview with the january 6 committee, probably limited to specific topics to avoid privilege issues. this according to a source familiar with his thinking. but look, whether any testimony would be live or taped remains to be seen. but he could be in-creditbly enlightening and shed more information on what happened in the days leading up to the insurrection and what happened that day with president trump, with then chief of staff mark meadows and of course this all comes after that ...

Subpoena. liz cheney has said why dont you come in and talk to us? you know about everything. heres what she told abc. >> do you think we will see pat cipollone testimony? >> i hope we will. i think this is an instance where the presidency, the american people, where weve been through something weve never been through before, and where its real and significant chance that there was behavior underway about which mr. cipollone expressed significant concerns. and i think he has an obligation to tes...

Is he going to stick with that? or does this change anything, norm? >> erin, thanks for having me back. this ratchets up the pressure considerably. we know he did informal cooperation, so the privilege issues can be addressed. the biden white house owns those privilege issues, thats been litigated. pat cant hide behind privilege. is he going to want to go the way of steve bannon and peter navaro, who are being prosecuted for criminal contevempt? pats a working lawyer. he has a legal obligation t...

Navarro was actually arrested, indicted and hauled into federal court. precisely because he wouldnt testify or hand over documents to that same committee. gloria borger joins me now. what a day? what do we know about the two cases. why indict and charge one and not the other two? >> well, peter navarro never even attempted to cooperate with the committee in the same way steve bannon never attempted to cooperate with the committee. and he was also indicted. when you look at dan scavino and you lo...

Not the other two? >> well, peter navarro never even attempted to cooperate with the committee in the same way steve bannon never attempted to cooperate with the committee. and he was also indicted. when you look at dan scavino and you look at mark meadows, you know these two gentlemen spent most all their time with the president. youre the attorney, im not. there are a lot of oprivilege issues here, right? its a very, very complicate set of privilege issues. and also both of these men had attor...

>> keith kellogg is a critical witness, and what weve learned today, his lawyer stopped in the middle. they took a break. spoke to our cnn team and told them john cole is his lawyer. he said hes testifying on what happened. he is cooperating. when asked whether kellogg was providing the committee with documents pertaining to that day, cole said they are all logged in at the national archives, that he didnt have any personal emails or texts. theyve been handed over. frankly, the way mark meadows ...