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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...

Much. >> you bet. >> we have our own lawyers on hand to dig through this. cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin. jennifer rodgers, also a man who had don mcgahn's job in the mix nixon administration, john deans joins. joe jackson writes with respect to senior level congressional aides, absolute immunity from compel the congressional process simply does not exist. as the kids would say, absolute immunity is not a thing. how stark of a ruling is this? >> it's really -- it was such an extraordinary claim by the white house that not only doesn't don mcgahn or any white house official have to, you...

Court seftemporarily blocking t immediate release of mr. trump's taxes and financial records. resolving these two cases could take weeks if not months. house democrats indicate they are moving forward with impeachment and do not plan to wait for the courts. also new this morning, we're seeing our first poll since the public impeachment hearings began. has support plunged as the president has suggested? we will have those new numbers for you in a moment, but joining us now to talk about all of this, we have cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin, cnn white house correspondent kaitlan collins,...

>> you too. this is "cnn tonight." i'm laura coates sitting in for don lemon. a big legal defeat for the president tonight. a federal judge ordering former white house counsel don mcgahn to testify to congress, sinking the administration's claim about that thing called absolute immunity. the judge even writing that, quote, absolute immunity from compelled congressional process simply does not exist. does not exist. sounds like an awful lot like what the white house tried to do was make up some kind of fake law there. the judge going on to say, stated simply, the primary takeaway from the pas...

Stated simply, presidents are not kings, adding absolute immunity from compelled congressional process simply does not exist. >> we've been defied in our attempts to have proper oversight because of this administration stonewalling. it's good the judge agreed with us. it's law. it's oversight. >> the white house says the justice department will appeal the decision adding they are confident the important constitutional principle advanced by the administration will be vindicated. back in may, the white house blocked mcgahn from complying with a house judiciary subpoena after the mueller report r...