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Misdemeanor. >> talk about the conflict in the white house counsel's office that was going on during the time period of your reporting tonight. >> well, the white house counsel's office was trying to figure out whether the administration had to hand over the whistleblower's complaint to congress. the whistleblower had come forward to the inspector general for the intelligence community, and the inspector general wanted to give that document to congress, but the white house counsel's office thought there may be some executive privilege issues. this is a highly sensitive issue because you had so...

Misdemeanor. >> mike, talk about the conflict inth the white house counsel's office that was going on during the time period of your reporting tonight. >> well, the white house counsel's office was trying to figure out whether the administration had to hand over the whistle-blower's complaint to congress. the whistle-blower had come forward to the inspector general for the intelligence community, and thee inspector general wand to give that document to congress, but the white house counsel's office thought that there may be some executive privilege issues. this was a highly unusual situation b...

Ongoing impeachment proceedings? >> well, i would say if this was a football game, you know, this ruling is sort of a 30-yard line ruling. it's not a 100-yard line. it's not a touchdown. it doesn't come to the end of anything. and that's because the question before the court is whether or not the white house is assert absolute immunity. whether or not they can say blanketly to a non white house employee you can't even go. and that's a pretty broad statement. so even if they agree with the democrats that mcgahn has to testify, now what happens? maybe he has attorney/client privilege issues. may...

Walling it. you mean a court battle. >> that's their only option. there is no excuse for don mcgahn not to be testifying. for corey lewandowski not to be testifying. >> for the life of me i do not understand why they haven't put corey lewandowski before a congressional hearing who has no claim of privilege that could be adjudicated. >> because he was never a government official so you couldn't have any sort of executive privilege issues. but they haven't done it yet. and it is worth noting that, yes, the democrats have had a tough time with or jbjections a interference from the white house. bu...

Enforcements of the subpoenas involving the attorney general and the former white house counsel. republicans say that is unlikely because they do not believe democrats can prevail in a civil proceeding, number 1. talking about grand jury material. a very high bar for that to be shared. we have the executive privilege issues. so they should communications with the president. so even if you go to court, it's a month-long process and could take you up to 2020. just as a foot note, two other types of contempt. one is criminal contempt. that means that you ask the justice department in this case to...