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The ranks of don mcgann and don't forget attorney general william barr. he ignored a house subpoena just a few weeks back. house democrats are still deciding on a punishment for him. he did speak tonight at a legal dinner in washington on a separate target but he did briefly mention the current gridlock in our nation's capita capital. >> as justice scalia used equip every banana republic has its bill of rights. in his point and mine is that the bulwark against tyranny in america has always been our structure of government. most notably the separation of powers. these days, clashes between cong...

I need to defend it. we'll see him up there. >> that's important history to keep in mind. margaret, on the tax story, "the washington post", which broke it, they quoted from this memo, and it was coming from inside the building. this is the irs counsel or a lawyer within who wrote this. the disclosure of tax returns to the committee is mandatory, requiring the secretary to disclose returns and return information requested by the tax writing chairs. so it's not just that it was from inside the building. this was buried for months and months. somehow the justice department under william barr and...

There's a chance i guess that they were unaware of it and that's part of the reason that mnuchin denied the request. that said, a lot of legal experts have been pointing out for months the law seems clear here. and it's inconceivable that mnuchin wouldn't have read some of the disagreements. >> the irony is that -- actually, first of all, if there's no signature and date, how do you know it is from the irs' attorney or legal office? >> well, we were able to confirm when we reviewed the document with people close to it. when we went to the irs yesterday they confirmed in a statement that this m...

They were unaware of it and that's part of the reason that mnuchin denied the request. that said, a lot of legal experts have been pointing out for months the law seems clear here. >> the irony is that -- actually, first of all, if there's no signature and date, how do you know it is from the irs' attorney or legal office? >> well, we were able to confirm when we reviewed the document with people close to it. when we went to the irs yesterday they confirmed in a statement that this memo did exist and it did originate in the office of the chief counsel. >> so shan, it's pretty damming when some...

Refusal to hand over the president's tax returns and he defended his decision saying he made it without the white house input but that didn't keep members from the house committing him not just about the refusal but a report out of "the washington post" where it details a draft memo inside of the irs which is under mnuchin that contradicts him on the president tax returns and the memo said the tax returns must be given to congress unless the president opts to invoke executive privilege and told the house panel he had not seen the memo until "the washington post" called him two days ago. >> you...