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Very impeachment proceeding, why would we think that there would be an effort by the president to acknowledge and work in good faith to resolve said dispute? better in their minds to wait for the courts to resolve it which is their right. president obama during the fast and furious investigation invoked executive privilege and barred essential testimony and documents. during its litigation, the obama administration argued it had no authority over the denial of witnesses and evidence to congress. but the federal court and committee on oversight disagreed. professor turley in his testimony to th...

The american people. >> bob had said that he intended to stick with the public report and not go beyond that and in conversations with the department, his staff was reiterating that that was their position. and they asked us for guidance in writing to explain or to tell them what our position was. so we responded in writing. the department sent the guidance they had requested. >> so mueller actually requested? >> yes. >> bret: the cover by the administration was actually requested by mueller. but either way, this looks like it's kind of going to stick to the guidelines. >> the truth is mr. mue...

Could provide important essential testimony to congress that can only be done in the scope of an impeachment inquiry. i think that action should be taken immediately and i think people should finally hear for themselves exactly what those witnesses have to say. whether or not that results in articles of impeachment and trial in the senate and all of those sorts of things is beside the point. i think the american people have a right to hear from the witnesses and understand exactly what actions the president engaged in and they have the opportunity to factor that information into their decision...

And exposing that information when the american public has the right to know it. we are clearly there with the results of the special counsel team. there's so many witnesses that could provide important essential testimony to congress that can only be done in the scope of an impeachment inquiry. i think that action should be taken immediately and i think people should finally hear for themselves exactly what those witnesses have to say. whether or not that results in articles of impeachment and trial in the senate and all of those sorts of things is beside the point. i think the american peopl...

Don't go into this presuming with most of these witnesses that we're going to have to fight to get their testimony and documents. but we will be vigorous and have to be about getting the information. our next step is to tailor or stop sign subpoenas with best chance of success but we'll be doing our own legal research to find out what steps are necessary if we have to go the route of contempt. >> yeah, certainly sounds like a threat. the head of senate intelligence committee says immunity is off the table for general flynn. is that also the case for your committee, the how intelligence committ...