Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20180905:17:59:00
Question. don't privileges needs to be asserted in order to apply? >> well, privileges are recognized -- >> once they are asserted? >> i think as a general pron six -- >> fair enough. i'm asking a general proposition. >> you would assert the attorney/client privilege. >> yes. and who asserts executive privilege? >> ordinarily -- well, that is a complicated question, senator, actually. >> who does it come back to? ultimately, who asserts executive privilege? >> so it depends what you are talking about. what kind of executive branch document you are talking about. it depends. in my experience --...