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Profiting off his ties to people in power. And companies that hired him like at t and novartis pony up for access, something that his boss railed against his candidate. I know the game. I understand it. So many people have come up, lobbyists. I said i dont want money from lobbyi lobbyists. The system we have is broken. A guy like bush, all these people are controlled by peemt who give them the money. It is time to drain the swamp in washington, d. C. Thats the best Case Scenario of what cohen has been up to. Here is the thing. There are numerous reasons to believe that scenario may not be the ...

Congress. sources saying attorneys want an opportunity to claim executive privilege over information drawn from documents and interviews with white house officials. that sure to set up a political battle with congressional democrats and it could also lead to the perception that president trump is trying to keep information from the american public. there's lots to discuss. so joining me now, shimon prokupecz, garrett graff. garrett is the author of "the threat matrix: inside robert mueller's fbi and the war on terror." gentlemen, good to be with you. let's get to the details here. how signific...

Confidential report to the attorney general is expected any day now. so he's going to have a lot of discretion in deciding what he's going to share, what he's not going to share, even with lawmakers. what are you -- what are you going to do and democrats, others in your committee, whatever, to ensure that the american public learn about whatever the findings are in mueller's investigation in the report? >> you know, i spent the last two years with many of my colleagues going across the country as people marched in the streets, went to town halls, and went to the ballot box to make sure that we...

Challenged in court? >> absolutely. and i'd expect there to be a very lengthy legal challenge. and, frankly, i think that's a loser for the trump administration no matter how that goes. in other words, if the courts say that trump and his attorneys can review this in advance and keep information from congress, well, congress is -- i think that will set off their suspicions. they're going to want to know what did trump and his administration think was so damaging that they didn't want congress to know or concerned enough that they were going to fight to keep it from congress? so i would expect ...

Claim executive privilege, a claim that would set up a political battle over the perception that president trump is trying to shield information from the public. let's discuss now. congressman eric swalwell is here. he serves on the house intelligence and judiciary committees. good evening to you. thank you to coming on. >> of course. >> the attorney general bill barr is going to have an opportunity to review this, decide if it comes out. do you think the white house is going to claim executive privilege? >> i do. but they don't sound like a team that has nothing to hide. only someone who has ...