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That the memo states that the law does not require that the ways and means committee finance chair or jct chief of staff include a reason or purpose for the request? >> again, i haven't -- again, let me just say the legal advice that we've relied upon and, again, i understand there's three branches of government and when it comes to constitutional issues there could be different interpretations and that's why there is a third branch of government to interpret -- >> i'm sorry, i'm reclaiming my time. you are aware -- you are at least aware that the conclusion of that memo directly contradicts t...

President going forward. so at the moment at least one confrontation headed off as a number are continuing to percolate, guys. >> one headed off, a few more to go. manu raju, thanks very much. all right. so also happening on capitol hill this morning, the treasury setting, steven mnuchin, is facing lawmakers after rejecting a subpoena from house democrats demanding the president's tax returns. clearly you can expect fire two, in this hearing. this comes after the "washington post" reporting on a confidential memo written by an irs attorney last fall that says congress should get those tax re...

That confidential memo has been asked of treasury secretary steve mnuchin. here is what he said just moments ago when jennifer wexton a congresswoman from virginia asked him about it. >> now, we learned last night of a second opinion which was written by the irs chief counsel's office. are you aware of that letter or that memo? >> i became aware that have memo when it was -- we got an inquiry from the "washington post" and it was just recently published. i'm not sure who the author of that was, but i've seen it in the "washington post." >> okay. so when did the "washington post" inquire of you...

National security, so our first priority is to get to the bottom of what the counterintelligence has to show, whether there are any steps that our committee or the congress needs to take to protect the country and that's the first use that we will put it to, but this is part of our continuing investigation into russia's interference in our a if a irs. >> are you prepared to subpoena bob mueller if he does not appear before your committee? >> that's the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff speaking moments ago. if part of the function of initiating an impeachment inquiry is ...

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