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Is rattling the trump white house, which has built its stonewalling strategy around executive privilege. invoking it to stop testimony of, say, star witnesses from the mueller probe like don mcgahn. here's the thing about that strategy. you know i try to keep it real and accurate and fair with you. well, here's the thing. the executive privilege strategy, it might look secretive, it might even look a little guilty, but invoking white house privilege for the white house counsel, that can be totally legally valid. it at least creates a legitimate fight in court which can take a lot of time. but ...

To court through the justice department to force you to testify and it's that piece that i think mr. whitaker has been trying to avoid. he had the questions in advance. he could have affirmatively or formally asserted executive privilege and that way i think he's just kind of hedging a little bit to make -- to try to on the one hand comply with it, on the other hand not be in a position to be forced to actually disclose this information. he's also under an obligation to tell the truth which i think in all things trump these days has to be a concern for any witness that's had a relationship wit...