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united states and the public. whether trump broke the law by having classified documents at mar-a-lago, the heart of that investigation had the former president suggesting yet another new argument about presidential powers and declassifying documents. >> you're the president of of the united states. you can declassify by thinking about it. >> the doj ruling came hours after that other legal blow for trump. the 222-page lawsuit by the new york attorney general that charges him, don j, eric and ivanka with widespread fraud and ul legal practices that could threatenen the exist tense of...

my advice for everyone is to go with golo. it will release your fat and it will release you. good to be with you, i'm katy tur. breaking news out of new york city. donald trump jr. just took the witness stand here to testify about the trump organization and decisions to inflate or deflate assets to lower taxes or secure bigger loans. joining us now, nbc news senior legal correspondent and coanchor of "saturday today" on nbc, laura jarrett. don jr., a defendant and now a witness. what's the expectation? >> the first of his siblings to testify. it's interesting, part of the structure...

United states and the public. whether trump broke the law by having classified documents at mar-a-lago, the heart of that investigation had the former president suggesting yet another new argument about presidential powers and declassifying documents. >> you're the president of of the united states. you can declassify by thinking about it. >> the doj ruling came hours after that other legal blow for trump. the 222-page lawsuit by the new york attorney general that charges him, don j, eric and ivanka with widespread fraud and ul legal practices that could threatenen the exist tense of the famil...

Donald trump spent a good part of two years trying to deny there was any influence from russia at all. so we'll see what republicans will do about this. my gut sense right now is that they will do nothing. which is why this isn't a both sides problem and we can't look at it like a both sides problem. we do need to be vigilant. i think that's exactly right. and i think we need to call this stuff out when we see it and then turn to don j, turn to donald trump, turn to members of the republican party and say, you better condemn this because it is nonsense, racist and garbage and you need to say s...

You had several people including the president's former top political aide saying that don j had committed treason. can you just tell us what exactly is treason? and what are the penalties for treason? and should republicans and democrats alike both cool it? >> let's start with the last question, the answer is yes. you know, the framers had an interesting position on treason. they tried to take this word off the table in our political discussions because when our country was formed it was very common for the crown to accuse people of being traders and to take their land and imprisonen them. an...