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President is allowed to have private conversations with foreign leaders or congress which says we have oversight responsibility here? >> it's a really fascinating clash of the separation of powers here and what their duties are because certainly the head of state function for the president is definitely really a core function for the president. so they are on strong ground really saying that hands off it's diplomat to diplomat. however, what's different here is president trump disregards all the normal safe guards. he doesn't have usually his staff in there with him. there is this allegation t...

Colleagues, we have a 500-page document, which lists all the times we attempted to do oversight under republican control, but they would not do it, so we have a lot of work backed up, but this is a core function of the judiciary committee. we're doing it while we're doing our other work, too. but this is one of our responsibilities and we owe it to the american people to do it. >> one of the things we heard a lot the last two years was kind of a new invention of executive privilege, where the white house wasn't actually claiming executive privilege, but people would appear before committees an...

>> you know, occasionally. right? >> holy cow. >> all right. thanks, chris. we'll be here all week. and this is "cnn tonight." i'm erin burnett, in for the one and only don lemon, who is off today. the house judiciary committee launching a broad investigation into president trump. taking a look at his administration, his campaign, his transition, his businesses, pretty much everything there is about the guy. the committee sending out letters to 81 people and entities. so that includes the white house, justice department, senior campaign officials, trump organization officials, the president's ...

Administration, his campaign, his transition, his businesses, pretty much everything there is about the guy. the committee sending out letters to 81 people and entities. so that includes the white house, justice department, senior campaign officials, trump organization officials, the president's sons. tonight i asked the chairman of the committee what all this is about, what does he want to learn. >> our goal is to hold the administration accountable for the obstruction of justice, the abuse of power, and the corruption. our goal is to vindicate the rule of law, to protect the rule of law in t...

Done in two years, i know it may look like a new exercise, but we ought to have been doing this for the last two years. we pleaded with our republican colleagues, we have a 500-page document, which lists all the times we attempted to do oversight under republican control, but they would not do it, so we have a lot of work that's backed up, but this is a core function of the judiciary committee. we're doing it while we're doing our other work, too. but this is one of our responsibilities and we owe it to the american people to do it. >> you know, one of the things we heard a lot the last two ye...