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Entity, the fact that it's not related to his news gathering activity is also important. >> most trump allies have refused to engage with the committee. ones at this level, like mark meadows or steve bannon. assuming that hannity refuses, and we don't know what he's going to do. i should be clearer with that. most people that the committee has asked to speak to have cooperated, but some top-level people have not. if hannity doesn't cooperate, is there a strong case for criminal contempt of congress? executive privilege doesn't apply but at the same time, he is a member of the press. and even i...

Sought. the way pretty much everybody sees it. we will see how this plays out in the course because we know this is all about political leverage at this point. the treasury will lose on the merits but it's going to take time. >> shannon: your comments on this as a document of any impor import? >> let me confess up front that the worst grade i got in moscow was in tax law, so this is not my area of the law, but that's usually everybody's worst grade in tax law. rather stay closely. it's a terrible memo. this is why it didn't make it up to the general counsel, the treasury department. for exampl...

We can appeal, and the judge said no, i'm not going to stay my opinion. i don't think you have a good chance on appeal. this as of now is in effect. >> pete williams, a lot of legal developments here in the last hour or so. thank you for joining us, helping us break that down. joining us now, somebody in the heart of the fight over don mcgahn's testimony, rhode island congressman david cicilline, member of the house judiciary committee and member of the house democratic leadership, chairman of the democratic policy and communications committee. congressman, thank you for taking a few minutes. ...