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Is the legal precedent on whether congress should have access because you read the law. it says the house oversight committee shall have the right to do so. shan, is the law clear? >> well, there's not really legal precedent on the president's taxes being released. it's been my view, i'm still going to stick with it, i'm not sure that the supreme court is going to take it. they are asking for both sides to give their best reasons for why they need to take it and take it fast. but ultimately, i am not sure which way they're going to come out on it because it's a step removed from him. it's not ...

Absolute immunity from compelled congressional process simply does not exist. but mcgahn won't be sworn in yet. he'll wait to testify while the case is appealed as the doj just did. may go all the way to the supreme court. meanwhile, the supreme court handed down a temporary win for the white house in another case blocking congress from seeing the president's tax returns for now. but the court is fast-tracking the case asking both sides to make their best arguments for why the court should weigh in on the tax return fight in this term. cnn's kaitlan collins has been covering this story and joi...

Ruling you see what this federal judge thinks of that. and we knew that they were skeptical of this argument that the white house had been making about how essentially everyone was protected by this. but what you see in this is just how far it goes because this is much broader than just the former white house attorney. and whether or not he can go before congress. but it goes into national security officials as well which is essentially you're reading former national security adviser john bolton who is making the argument that his case is different from mcgahn's because he was so involved on t...

Ife. what we do here at dana-faber, changes lives everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. everywhere. very good morning. i'm jim sciutto in new york. poppy harlow has the day off. just minutes ago, the justice department filed paperwork, too peel a federal judge's opinion that included these telling words. presidents are not kings. that line written as judge brown jackson ordered don mcgahn to testify before the house after being subpoenaed. it was a major blow to the white house's efforts to stonewall the impeachment investigation. in fact, all witnesses from appearing before congre...

Give the administration a lot of leeway. their posture has been deference, much like the republicans in congress towards what the trump administration wants. i do think there is the potential this could be relevant for the 2020 election more than for impeachment. you know, if you look at the tax case, it is -- the court takes it, they could delay it until next june but if they decide -- if they conclude he must release the tax returns, that will be available to congress at that point. potentially the same with his testimony but it's not on a track to influence whether the house votes to impeac...