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Greg you had a column on this earlier today. you went into specifics on the law and precedents and the fact that bannon was listening to his lawyer and had every right to listen to his lawyer and executive privlage is donald trump s and it was invoked. that should have been resolved first. that s right. the judge invoked the wrong legal standard on willful defiance of a subpoena. relied on an outdated circuit court case that was reversed by the u.s. supreme court. the problem standard is that prosecutors have to prove the defendant knew his actions were unlawful. if he believed on advice of counsel that his actions are lawful he can t be held in contempt nor convicted. ....
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