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Would likely be interested in looking at. these are very potentially far reaching allegations that go beyond just the president. it touches his campaign staff, his children, his business associates, his campaign donors. if you dig in to what the new york attorney general's office has uncovered here, it's really a hornet's nest that could impact a lot of people. >> how strong is the case, to your eye, somebody experienced in this area of law, how strong is the case chelashe laid out aw will the irs review it? do they have to review it now they received the referral? >> they don't have to. i thi...

Trump is the person involved with all this, she denied that too. right now, judge is considering two options. either using a filter team, which is a special group of outside prosecutors, or appointing what's known as a special master to look through the documents first and sort out what is relevant and what is privileged. for now, both sides will be allowed to access the evidence. but cannot review it. so that's the substance, but there was a very big surprise as well. that is when the judge forced cohen's attorney to reveal the name of a client that the attorney had tried to keep secret and t...

Person. that's why you see the filings today building up as much as his attorneys can. his legal practice, and the existence of current and former clients. so they can say that cohen the person is practicing law. these are documents that if viewed by the taint team, the privilege will be defeated. their argument is an interesting one if not a novel one. it's that, this is a situation similar to a subpoena. the documents have been seized. they're in a place. they're somewhere. so at this point going forward, why not let us review it just as if this was a subpoena? the problem is, they, the gove...

Determine attorney-client privilege. what is the likelihood it will land in their favor today? >> it is a valiant attempt. you have a set of documents that have now been seized and the big battle now is who looks at them first. the government's team reviewing them for privilege, or the trump's attorney argues it is seized, let us review them and protect this attorney-client privilege. while courts allow the taint teams, they have expressed skepticism about them in the past. let's resolve everything in favor of safety, attorney-client privilege. let us review it and decide first. i think they s...

Mcgahn wrote to devin nunes, chairman of the house committee. in the letter it says the white house review process also included input from the office of the director of national intelligence and the department of justice. consistent with this review and standards, the declassification of the memorandum is appropriate. apparently some individuals did review it. >> i was advising the president today as i did for president obama and president bush, i would tell him our intelligence oversight mechanisms, our processes, our fisa process which, by the way, often involves foreign intelligence, is se...