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Confidential documents that an american submits to their government, medical records are in that same category of things that, you know, we don't want sort of walking around the street and so, i think this case is going to maybe back fire on the democrats in the house because it could put limits on their oversight ability and i think that would be an unintended consequence of some of the lawsuits that they have going on an all over the country. >> we don't know why there are a lot of reasons the president explained he could not release a lot of this information, this is going back 10 years so ...

Show up and testify. and, of course, the democrats and their lawyers can then make the fight on whether he's abusing -- abusing the claim of presidential privilege or any other privileges at some other point. but, mika, we both know how frustrated elijah cummings was that the house's oversight ability was hampered by the fact that the trump administration was acting lawless and said we're just not going to cooperate. >> that's right. that's right. ruth, thank you very much. your new book "supreme ambition: brett kavanaugh and the conservative takeover ". eugene robinson, thank you as well for ...

President trump, nice of him and his lawyer, to testify. he also fired a warning shot while we invite you to this hearing, we remind you if you continue to refuse to make witnesses and documents available to the committee, thef chair will have discretion to impose appropriate remedies. my stomach is hurting because i'm laughing so hard about this earlier. i don't know what he is threatening, but how should the white house respond? >> they ought to say go ahead bring another suit and we will take it up to the supreme court again. there's a thing basic called separation of powers. the executive ...

Today chairman nadler inviting president trump nice of him and his lawyer to testify. he also fired a warning shot while we invite you to this hearing, we remind you if you continue to refuse to make witnesses and documents available to the committee, the chair will have discretion to impose appropriate remedies. my stomach is hurting because i'm laughing so hard about this earlier. i don't know what he is threatening but how should the white house respond? >> they ought to say go ahead, bring another suit and we will take it up to the supreme court again. there's a thing basic called separati...

Because if we do, it's basically carte blanche for this president and anyone who comes after him, but are we also prepared to say that congress will tolerate the complete stonewalling of an impeachment inquiry or our oversight, because if we do, it will mean that the impeachment clause is a complete nullity and more than that, our oversight ability is really an ability in name only. >> but if that's your view and you've also said that this week's testimony, quote, goes right to the heart of the issue of bribery, and you've also said that what you've seen is, quote, far more serious than what n...