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White house chief of staff does is part and parcel of their official responsibility. theres a clear line between whats official. the conduct of foreign policy or domestic affairs, the things clearly within the range of a presidents official responsibility and things that are outside of that range and thats the question before the supreme court. what is alleged of the presidents official responsibility. theres really nothing in this pleading, which is just a reply to jack smiths pleading filed ea...

Privilege and prevent those records from being turned over to the house select committee. that was litigated. he lost there. it was litigated at the d.c. sur kit. they said we will apply every test possible, i mean the test that they need to apply, he loses under every test. the supreme court did not take that case. think said under every test he loses, were not taking it. and that very night, the night that they issued their ruling, the documents started flowing to the house select committee. s...

Because in each of these, the president could awe certificate he was simply executing the laws for commuicating with the department of justice or discharging his powers as commander-in-chief or engaging in foreign diplomacy. talk to us about the dangers of the courts here if they were to side with trump, the pandoras box that could then open. >> whats important is what care they took to delineate pandoras box everything that tim says about the argument is right. but its very interesting and comp...

Prosecuted after they leave office. the special council is saying this matters a lot because accountability has to stand for something. just as the president needs to execute his correspondents, there has to be a rule of law. both sides are wrapping themselves in the magnitude of this case, which you just dont see that much in supreme court litigation. theres no question this case is serious, but i think both sides are acknowledging the really tremendous impact that it will have on our democracy...

Winning ab election. not by subverting the results of the vote. a response from trumps team could come down at any minute now. thats where we start today with former deputy assistant attorney general and former u.s. attorney harry litman, plus lead investigator for the january 6th select committee tim haity is here and with me at the table director of the public policy program at hunter college basil smikle. it seems that trump claiming to be president is a get out of a jail free card for crimes...

I wonder what you make of this argument. this is about the health of democracy. >> i think tims point is well taken. not everything you do as president is about carrying out the official act of the presidency. its clear to so many of us that so much of what donald trump was doing is trying to further his hold on power. im on the trusty of the roosevelt presidential library. i remember some months ago, a number of the libraries calm together to talk about the importance of our democracy in this m...