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Nods count -- >> shannon: terry, would you take that case to a jury with that phone call? >> i would get summary judgment. let me just answer one thing. its not the phone call, the point is whether they should be investigated more because the phone call is meant to be a road map. >> shannon: i want to get jenna back here. if you are not a lawyer at home, summary judgment means the case never gets to a trial, the judge says you win without getting that far. we are all lawyers here. your response?...

Exchange things of value which are judged not by a straight quid pro quo but by winks and nods. >> would you take the case to a jury with that phone call? >> i would probably get summary judgment before -- >> let me -- >> let me answer one thing. it is not the phone call, the point is whether this should be investigated more. >> i want to make sure i get jenna back in here. summary judgment means the case never gets to trial, the judge just so you win without getting that far. we are all lawyers...

Groups? >> i think you have to pull way back and fly over 30,000 feet and ask yourself, the allegations, do they rise to high crimes and misdemeanors? that is in your judgment but the fact of the matter is again you talk about summary judgment, you think about the allegations, who made the allegation? what the witnesses actually know of their own volition, their own authority in this whistleblower knew nothing because that person wasnt in the room and wasnt privy. obviously going back to our leg...

Allegedly said, the allegations in that report. the issue, the people, whoever they were who were present, why didnt they come forward? the fact is they havent. i am an attorney, former united states attorney, federal prosecutor. you judge the witness by his or her credibility and what the person knew firsthand. we know this whistleblower had no firsthand knowledge of what allegedly took place. todd: this reminds me of a felony -- fellow attorney of a summary judgment, everyone agrees on the mai...

The judge to go ahead and rule, asked for a summary judgment, there were 54 attachments filed to that motion. i decided i would print them out, which was a bad move. except, turns out, tucked in there, if you read enough of them, you eventually get to exhibit qq. you have to use letters twice once you get past -- right. its exhibit qq. its a letter from ways and means chairman richie neal to treasury secretary steven mnuchin. dear secretary mnuchin -- on july 29, 2019, the committee received an ...

Lawsuit to enforce the subpoena. and ever since, that case has been sort of, you know, plunking along, slowly, slowly. until this week, suddenly, there was, like, this confetti cannon of new activity, new filings. the committee asked the judge for expedited consideration and a summary judgment because, quote, there are no genuine issues of material fact at issue in this case. on the other side, the trump justice department told the judge to go slow, not fast. theyre claiming that there are compl...

Sort of plunking along slowly. until this week, suddenly there was this confetti cannon of new activity. the committee asked the judge for expedited consideration and a summary judgment because there are no genuine issues of material fact at issue in this case. on the other side, the trump justice department told the judge to go slow, not fast. they are claiming there are complex constitutional issues at stake. they told the judge theres no reason to bring these proceedings to a gallop. this is ...

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Looking at right now. with 150 athletes among the 177, fredricka, this is an enormous and serious matter. >> it is very serious. the university issued a statement, you know, saying in part, the report concludes university personnel had knowledge of complaints and concerns about strauss conduct as early at 1979, but failed to investigate or act meaningfully. how in the world could ohio state defend itself on that? >> they cant. thats the problem. you get up there and you want to make your apology...

Republic. its a horrific idea that he can order the department of justice to launch an investigation into a private citizen who by no coincidence was his biggest foe and ran against him to be president of the united states. lets talk about this actual letter, phillip. this letter states its from jeff sessions to the u.s. attorney in utah, a gentleman by the last name of huber. its saying go investigate clinton and the uranium investigations. matt whitaker is the one who e-mailed this. what doj d...