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And i will mutually understand that the underlying legal theory of -- presidential vice presidential authority, is what you have to have to get their. this new theory as i was pointing out to him, or the procedural theory, still violate several provisions of the electoral count act. as he acknowledged. and the only way that you could ever be able to ignore several provisions of statutory law, is if it was pretty clear that they were unconstitutional, and the only way they can be unconstitutional as if the vice president had the planetary authorities that were formed as the basis of the to reje...

Been outlines as the plan for today is perfectly legal, i have professor eastman here with me to say a few words about that. he's one of the preeminent constitutional scholars in the united states. it is perfectly appropriate, given the questionable constitutionality of the election counting act of 1887. that the vice president can canceled it aside and he can do what a president called jefferson did when he was vice president. he can decide, he can decide on the validity of these crooked ballots. >> or he can send it back to the legislatures, give them 5

>> vice president chief of staff mark short had an angry phone call with trump campaign senior advisor jason miller about the statement. here is what mr. short and mr. mueller told the committee about that call. >> tell me about the conversation you had with jason. it was brief. i was irritated and expressed displeasure that statement could've gone out that was representative of the vice president's key point without consultation. the statement says the vice president iron total agreement. and the vice president has the power to act is that incorrect? >> i think the record shows that's incorre...