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This out is when goldstone gets under oath in front of the committee, and to the point you just heard about the privilege claim, it wasn't related to these emails, but i do think don junior will be back in front of that committee. because i don't think when all sides review the claim of attorney-client privilege related to the conversation he had with his father, and that may feel weird to people, gee, i can't talk to my dad, forget he was a candidate for president, feels strange to people, but you don't have a privilege unless you are a child meaning under 18, with a lawyer, when you are talk...

Whether this is a justified privilege claim or not. one of the things you need to know is who the lawyers were. you need to know whether the conversation was seeking legal advice or not. you're not allowed to just carry a lawyer around with you to always claim privilege whenever you don't want to give information about a conversation you're having. on the other hand, if the president and his son were truly discussing with a lawyer what had happened in this meeting with the russians for the purpose of seeking legal advice, then there could be a legitimate privilege claim. it's just a little bit...

They get up, put on their boots and go out to do their job. they try to ignore those sorts of things, they try to stay above the politics and just go about their business. and this is now for the lawyer in you, what do you make of this attorney/client privilege. is there something we're not understanding about this? >> attorney/client privilege is a very fact-specific inquiry always. you need to know the facts. it's not entirely clear to me whether this is a justified privilege claim or not. one of the things you need to know is who the lawyers were. you need to know whether the conversation w...

Had happened in this meeting with the russians for the purpose of seeking legal advice, then there could be a legitimate privilege claim. it's just a little bit too early to tell. >> matt miller, how concerned are you really about this effort on the right? and we showed the clip from fox news, we showed part of that hearing in the house today, to diminish, to attack, to take down robert mueller? >> it's extremely troubling for two reasons. one is the immediate impact. i think it's very clear what the president is now the entire republican party is trying to do, and that's undermine bob mueller...

Privilege. you get to claim it. yet we would be remiss if we didn't report that that big debate yesterday about attorney-client privilege connects with the breaking news tonight that there's more and more dribbling out about what had previously been lied about at the trump tower meeting. so your view on both questions. one, could it be a legitimate claim on privilege? and two, do you see any link to this meeting? >> for it to be privileged, it has to be communication to a lawyer to obtain legal advice. if the facts is they were on the phone with their attorneys to obtain legal advice, then yes...