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Out to to ask them to cooperate voluntarily. they are not messing around, and they'll use every power of the congress to make sure that happens. >> thank you very much ryan. now, let's go to elie honig, former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. first, trump's lawsuit. you have gone through it. so, does it have a chance of succeeding? >> erin, i think this is a long shot for donald trump. he raises three primary arguments. the first one is that this is just intended to harass or annoy donald trump. that's really just name calling. there is no law behind that. this co...

They very publicly step out and say no, we don't support this. no, this is wrong. this is in fact some version of a coup. that was the concern, but that's who jeffrey clark, is and that's why the committee wants to talk to him because they think he was trump's back door to try to overturn the department of justice and steal the election. >> tom foreman, thank you. >> you're welcome. now you're up to speed with where this investigation stands. let's break down where it's headed with cnn legal an light elie honig and cnn chief political analyst gloria borger. elie first, defying subpoenas, ste...

Themselves, quickly. >> quickly. is this about keeping drums off the ballot in 2024 thoroughly are thoroughly making him toxic. >> it's of course both. anything that trump did or anything that this administration thanks that trum did, they are against, and of course with biden's numbers tanking so dramatically, and with the democrat numbers in th house tanking so dramatically, they are scared to death of one losing the house next year, and losing the white house very possibly to trump in 2024. they are taking a burly shortsighted approach with this executive privilege argument, it's going to c...

Executive privilege argument is of course, it's always adhere to the president, not a former president. much less to the presidents assistance and officials, but also, even in those cases where the supreme court has taken it seriously, like u.s. versus nixon, the court has said that the new balance is the public's overwhelming interest in the right to know, against a serious national security concern, here, the public's overall interest, is getting information about the attack, and the national security interests are both on the same side, both of those factors military, for discovery and not ...

Thank you very much for joining us tonight, congressman. you have already had a first round of subpoenas out there. have you gotten any response from the attorneys for the people involved indicating they will resist production of documents or resist the subpoena for their testimony? >> not to my knowledge. of course, donald trump is out there talking about executive privilege and trying to delegitimize the work of the select committee. the interesting thing about that executive privilege argument, it's always adhered to the president, not a former president, much less to the president's assist...