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Are available to us. i have full confidence the chair of our committee will use and committee members will support. >> let me get to one more opportunity here for executive privilege to be asserted by the white house. leader schumer and speaker pelosi have both said the white house should not get a sneak peek at the barr report. they call it a sneak peek. the white house would say it's their opportunity to assert executive privilege. is that not the president's right to see this, this document before it's released? >> no, absolutely it is not the president's right. look, the president and his ...

At our disposal to make sure the american people get to see the truth. >> let's talk about executive privilege which will be the big fight between the white house and congress. the democrats want all of the underlying documents that could include, as sources tell cnn, 80% through the grnel, that testimony, those documents as well and maybe secret intelligence sources. should that be released as well which typically isn't released publicly, especially if speaker pelosi is not willing to go to a classified briefing to get any of it? >> we should remember the democrats acknowledge things that pro...

Happen. a couple of things will likely happen. first of all, the big question is will the white house have an opportunity to weigh in on whatever the attorney general will give to congress before? our reporting is the white house expects to look at what he is going to hand to congress it assert executive privilege if need be. that's something the democrats are crying foul on, saying that they do not want the president to be able to shield information from the public in an investigation about limbself. you will see a political battle over that. the democrats have already said they are willing t...

The moments someone says i'm not prepared you don't give them anymore questions. because they go back and consult with attorneys. especially someone with the campaign and never lost touch with the campaign. and still in meetings with the campaign to say he's not prepared and doesn't know what's going on might be disingenuous. >> the dog ate my home work kind of defense. to answer questions you try to avoid and can't assert executive privilege you say i'm not prepared. it doesn't wash. and i think that certainly he has to remember conversations that he had. okay he doesn't remember all of them....

Jeff sessions and others said before he may want to assert the privilege. if you haven't they talk. before the house and another problem was they asserted executive privilege when he wasn't the executive. during the campaign they said they would answer questions. after the election they wouldn't. he was not the kbektive during that transition period. and the conversation that are not held with the president none of those are protected. not only because he didn't assert it but because it doesn't apply. and you have to consider whether or not they're trying to conceal crimes and privilege take f...