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Okay, quick recap. we're getting after it with the president's lawyer jay sekulow. i'm arguing on a transparency side we should get the president's taxes and he's saying he doesn't have to. jay sekulow says we won, we got a stay. i say, no, these are unique issues. here's why i think you will lose on appeal. the district court judge said this is repugnant to the constitution what you are arguing, that the idea of federal supremacy and presidential immunity from judicial process is unqualified and boundless in its reach. it cuts across the grain of constitutional precedent. in other words, it c...

>> so what happens? so right now in the judiciary committee -- >> they don't have to do that by the way. >> i don't think that's correct. >> it is. >> it's the house in the constitution. the house, not a committee. >> the house has the power. how they administer that power is up to their own rules, and it is not in house procedure that they have to have a full chamber vote. >> you think the house's rules -- let me give you a little constitution 101. you're a smart lawyer. house rules can't override the constitution of the united states. they can't make a rule that goes against the constitution...

Cohen, i want the taxes. this is about turning over your taxes, not just throwing you in jail. >> let me quote what the u.s. district court judge did in california when the state of california passed a piece of legislation that said to be on the primary ballot you had to provide five years of your tax returns if you're running for president. what did the court there say? it's not constitutional. why? violated freedom of association and the presidential qualification clause of the united states constitution. >> hold on, hold on. jay, jay, the court -- its major part of the holding was we don't ...

Counselor? >> well, i mean, the constitution says high crimes and misdemeanors. >> what does that mean? >> i don't see -- well, you know, here's what it means. it means that a conversation from a head of state to another head of state that is exactly what that transcript shows never could reach the idea of a high crime or misdemeanor. what is the high crime or misdemeanor involved in there? >> such a gross abuse of office that you use the state department, the white house, and the department of justice to try to secure relief in your election by finding dirt on an opponent that ukraine had to ...

Game here, and you know what the problem with that is in that's dangerous for the entire country. >> you gave the transcript out. it wasn't tribanscribed really from a recorded call. i don't love their protocols and i don't like how they put it in this password-protected place either. >> that's not my zone. i'm the president's counsel. i am not the white house counsel, and you know that. >> i'm not blaming you for it. i'm saying i don't like it. and i'm saying that high crimes and misdemeanors, jay, it only exists in politics. and it's about, according to our founding fathers, it's about peopl...