Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170605:22:20:00
Optics he did not have a leg to stand on? >> why is that? >> congress has -- there are a number of reasons. congress has a legitimate interest here and the privilege is not unqualified. it has to yield to the institutional imperative for the congress, which is looking into the circumstances of mr. comey's dismissal, which it's entirely justified in doing. >> eric, do you agree if the president in viked it, it wouldn't hold? >> i would certainly agree with what bob said and add one other point. james comey is a private citizen. executive privilege is a shield to protect the administration from ...