Whitaker On News Today

And thats inconsistent with the precedent, u.s. versus nixon, the supreme court in a unanimous decision required president nixon to cooperate with a grand jury investigation. its also downright unamerican and inconsistent with constitutional values about accountability and about equal justice under the law. and thats why both the trial judge and the appellate judge that heard the case today expressed incredulity that the president is essentially saying that he is above the law. thats not how we ...

Investigated. and thats inconsistent with the precedent, u.s. versus nixon, the supreme court in a unanimous decision required president nixon to cooperate with a grand jury investigation. its also downright un-american and inconsistent with constitutional values about accountability and about equal justice under the law. and thats why both the trial judge and the appellate judge that heard the case today expressed incredulity what the president is essentially saying that he is above the law. th...

Justice department would have been your boss. he was in fact chief law enforcement officer for our country briefly. this is former acting attorney general whitaker on what is a crime. >> im a former prosecutor. and what i know is this is a perfect time for a preliminary hearing where you would say show us your evidence. what evidence of a crime do you have? the constitution, you know -- sort of abuse of power is not a crime. >> okay, counselor. question number two. abuse of power is not a crime ...

With the president. >> oh, theres the key. that may be subject to executive prif ledge and then you have this back and forth and well, then you might have to come back, and we need to you actually say this is something under which the president is going to site executive privilege. help us understand how this work and how nasty this part of it could get. >> yeah. i have a feeling were going to hear a lot more equivocating from whitaker on whether he is or is not invoking executive privilege. thi...

Justice. >> you mean collusion -- >> conspiracy -- >> youre advancing a criminal conspiracy, youre guilty. but glenn, i dont think this is anything more than a joke, this written stuff. its just to slow the thing down. its like negotiating with the north vietnamese during the vietnam war. well talk and well fight, well talk and well fight, but were not going to give anything. were just going to play games with you. >> right. >> anyway, we already know that whitaker is effectively trying out for ...