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At this point, and that's obviously something this investigation will never be settled until we know what trump knew, when he knew it, and what he did about it. >> and that's of course one of the reasons why there is this quest in the investigation for transparency to find out the information, to answer the questions you've said, not just about trump but other people as well. so what do you think about the former president asking the supreme court to block the national archives from turning over his white house records? i mean will he get what he wants? you know very well, of course, that the ...

8-0, as a matter of fact, with rehnquist recusing himself. otherwise it probably would have been 9-0 but he felt he was too closely connected to the case. we don't know what the court will do. the law certainly favors the committee to get this information. you've got a sitting president who is declaring no executive privilege, a congress who wants the information, two branches agreeing that they should have the information. it would be a real reach for the court to figure out some way to carve out something for a former president to claim privilege in these circumstances particularly when it c...