MSNBC Deadline White House June 4, 2024 22:43:00
Privilege. we had to go through a civil process, pleadings, weeks and weeks and witnesses knew they could weigh this out. we were on a clock. so they could make a really clearly baseless privilege assertion and we weren't able to get a judge fast enough to rule on it in time before we finished our work. jack smith is not burdened by that procedural handicap and can get rulings quickly. i don't know anything, but he's already gotten such rulings with respect to cipollone and they may have provided testimony about those direct communications where they asserted privilege. >> i just want to ask y...