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Witness, they've held back. they haven't either showed up or the white house has claimed executive privilege. what they're trying to do is go around that. to poll people who never worked in the white house but were close to the trump campaign who can speak to these instances. but here's the problem. another committee has already tried this. the oversight committee actually called a witness a couple of weeks ago who never worked in the white house but advised on the census. and even spoke personally to the president. guess what. they claimed executive privilege over him and his conversations wi...

Fifth. think about what that is saying. someone who is to uphold the integrity of the office of the president, i may or may not have an issue here and the president's comments about those who take the fifth. but in reality he's given so much information and over 30 hours he spent with robert mueller and the president was quick to say i did not stop that and i want him to be forthcoming and whether it will come to pass is a different story. but one would expect even given john dean on monday, the breadth and acts the white house counsel should have had in conversations should be available to th...

Actually in this report, what barr shares, and he is really under a lot of pressure. >> here's the question from democrats and i'm just hearing from a legal source which is this source said keep in mind 80% or so of the mueller documents are grand jury materials, and you can't disclose grand jury materials, so they're not going to get that. some percentage are classified. maybe they'll get those, and the rest may be subject to executive privilege. so there is not just the privilege issue that you have to consider here. there's grand jury testimony that you're -- >> hold on one moment. shimon p...

Mentioned about what congress is doing, what congressional oversight, is about his business dealings and things outside of mueller's purview so there are a lost potential problems coming up for trump as the house continues these investigations into his finances and his business. so for now, i think back to your question about how this invigorated energy is going to play for him politically, his base loves it and he was in front of a friendly crowd at c-pac but we'll see for the results of the investigation to see how this will play for him. >> and greg, the base also loved melania and we heard...

. what it does do is when you hav a platform, when you have an opportunity to talk about the issues whether they can happen yesterday or in the past instea of just pushing it off and saying it's no big deal,. >> eric dyson the political analyst had an interesting comment about the privilege issue and the blackface issue a well. take this shows the vast races of an consciousness that many white people have and are allowed to have. we talk about white privilege this is one. the fact that you don't have to knowno about black face the fac that you don't have to know the kind of racial intolerance ...