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that lived in the white house. i think it is mind boggling that it still exists and is in such great condition. that room i really love. i also really like the state dining room. not because of necessarily how it is now, although it is lovely, but that corner of the room is where jefferson's private study was and where he had his cabinet meetings. i think my next book will be looking at adams and jefferson's cabinets. that space really holds a special spot in my heart because it does not exist really anymore like it did look at the time. trying to imagine what it was is a special thing. susan both of you have only : known working with a trump administration. it's hard to compare with past presidents. you said each administration brings their own different sense of history. what about the level of interest that the trump's have and the history of the mansion? how have they express that in working with you and others? matthew the first lady has : worked with us in terms of the egg roll coming up. that is something th
that lived in the white house. i think it is mind boggling that it still exists and is in such great condition. that room i really love. i also really like the state dining room. not because of necessarily how it is now, although it is lovely, but that corner of the room is where jefferson's private study was and where he had his cabinet meetings. i think my next book will be looking at adams and jefferson's cabinets. that space really holds a special spot in my heart because it does not exist...
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the white house has said "no." clearly, the committee could hold don mcgahn in contempt, but the white house and the department of justice has said that you can't compel mcgahn to testify about his conversations with the president. look, there are lots of people who believe you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube after he testified before bob mueller for 30 hours. but mcgahn's not going to show up tomorrow. jerry nadler knows it. and maybe they're just going to have another show hearing. >> is there any chance mcgahn defies the white house and does show up. he's a private citizen? >> not tomorrow. i don't know the answer, though i would lean "no," wolf. because whether or not mcgahn thinks this is the right move, the white house doing what they're doing, provides him cover to not have to go under oath and do -- and testify. i would note, i think that is an unfortunate thing for the public, for this reason. yes, he did testify for 30 hours. we know that. one of the things he testified to is that donald trump o
the white house has said "no." clearly, the committee could hold don mcgahn in contempt, but the white house and the department of justice has said that you can't compel mcgahn to testify about his conversations with the president. look, there are lots of people who believe you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube after he testified before bob mueller for 30 hours. but mcgahn's not going to show up tomorrow. jerry nadler knows it. and maybe they're just going to have another show...
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official, white house officials over here at the white house, and the president said this is not being done for me. this is being done for the presidency and so the president is essentially saying what his team is saying this is about protecting the interests of the presidency. but, wolf, i thought it was also interesting, you know, the way he answered my question about whether or not his administration is stonewalling the congress. at the very end i tried to ask a follow-up as to whether or not he's will and whether his team is willing to battle it out in the courts and didn't answer that question and turned to the next question at that point. one thing we should also point out he was asked about this judge's ruling earlier this afternoon that said that his longtime accountants had to turn over financial records to members of congress. wolf, the president there said that he blamed all of this, this ruling on an obama appointed judge and so, you know, that is one of his go tos when he's confronted with a ruling that goes against him and his interests and his agenda he typically blames
official, white house officials over here at the white house, and the president said this is not being done for me. this is being done for the presidency and so the president is essentially saying what his team is saying this is about protecting the interests of the presidency. but, wolf, i thought it was also interesting, you know, the way he answered my question about whether or not his administration is stonewalling the congress. at the very end i tried to ask a follow-up as to whether or...
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and we still have a white house that basically denies that this took place, and we have a white house that is so afraid of donald trump's wrath that when the former secretary of homeland security said let's get a cabinet meeting together, to actually plan for 2020, the white house chief of staff said let's not have that meeting because it might offend the president. this is outrageous, and it is candidly beyond the pale, and why our committee, bipartisan, and why this congress needs to make sure it doesn't happen again. we need to make a law in place that if you receive assistance from a foreign power during an election, you have an obligation to report that. that we make sure that we have our election systems safe and secure with a paper audit trail and that the large companies who have 90%, three companies have 90% of our voter files, there's some way to have security checks on the files. and that we have some rules of the road around facebook, youtube, twitter, in terms of how they are not going to be manipulated on a going forward basis. every american, i don't care what political
and we still have a white house that basically denies that this took place, and we have a white house that is so afraid of donald trump's wrath that when the former secretary of homeland security said let's get a cabinet meeting together, to actually plan for 2020, the white house chief of staff said let's not have that meeting because it might offend the president. this is outrageous, and it is candidly beyond the pale, and why our committee, bipartisan, and why this congress needs to make...
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>> it's a little card that allows you to get into the white house through security to go to white house press brief wrrings go to meetings with senior administration officials in the white house. it's a valuable thing to have. and once you have it, you really should do everything possible to make sure that it's renewed. however, when i got my hard pass renewed under the trump administration that was in 2017, and i got it because one of the nbc cameraman at the white house said once you have it, don't lose it so go and get it, so i got it. but i never went to the white house. so when i got an e-mail from the white house on march 19th saying our records show that you haven't been -- in the last 180 days you've been to the white house 50% less of the time, therefore your pass is expired, i didn't think anything of it. i thought, well, they got me. i haven't been since january -- actually april of 2017. so, fine, okay you can have it. but it wasn't until i read dana's column this week where i realized oh, holy smokes it wasn't just that this was a systematic thing, and that's why i retweete
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this is the style of this white house. this is the style of the white house to want to fight, to want to have a foil, in particular, a democratic foil and the foils here, of course, are nancy pelosi, jerry nadler, the folks who are over these committees and over the house democrats. i think this will continue from this white house, because it isn't clear where this goes. it's not clear how long this fight lasts. it's not clear how you resolve it. what is the real power of the democrats to actually compel people? are they willing to go as far as susan is talking about here? or as barr joked about, this idea of handcuffs and putting people in jail. i guess there's a little congressional jail some place on the hill. but for now, this is a white house that likes to have this defiant posture. and also, i think, the zroerts, too. the republican voters. the idea that this is a place that they're under siege. >> bianna, the white house argues that the democrats are certainly trying to do a do-over on the mueller report. they say t
this is the style of this white house. this is the style of the white house to want to fight, to want to have a foil, in particular, a democratic foil and the foils here, of course, are nancy pelosi, jerry nadler, the folks who are over these committees and over the house democrats. i think this will continue from this white house, because it isn't clear where this goes. it's not clear how long this fight lasts. it's not clear how you resolve it. what is the real power of the democrats to...
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ice with the white house? >> reporter: that's a good question. he is the trump appointee. he has said things that the white house has taken note of. i will note as we talk about this issue of robert mueller in the course of this conversation, i press the president's counselor on this issue earlier. we heard from the president in recent days saying that robert mueller should not testify. that was a reversal from what he said formally. remember immediately after the report came out he said that mueller was honorable. that has changed in recent weeks. kellyanne conway said to me the bottom line is they have made a decision if they will stop him from testifying. they do think he should not testify. the mueller report was the final conclusive and outright definitive report on the investigation and she called on democrats to move forward for the sake of the country. i pressed her about congress's oversight responsibilities. she said there's a difference between oversight and overreach and evidenced by the talking po
ice with the white house? >> reporter: that's a good question. he is the trump appointee. he has said things that the white house has taken note of. i will note as we talk about this issue of robert mueller in the course of this conversation, i press the president's counselor on this issue earlier. we heard from the president in recent days saying that robert mueller should not testify. that was a reversal from what he said formally. remember immediately after the report came out he said...
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is why the white house special counsel emmitt flood wanted to put this on the record with the white house view on, because there is this debate going on right now of whether the president can still do so since he didn't -- he didn't assert executive privilege on the mueller report. this is a brewing battle as we speak, brianna, between the white house and house democrats over this issue. brianna? >> it is, and we see the battle lines in this letter. pamela brown, great reporting. thank you so much. i want to bring in our panel to discuss this. we have laura coates, a former federal prosecutor and julian epstein, a former chief economic council and gloria borger our chief political analyst. all right. so what's the objective of having a letter like this sent from emmitt flood to bill barr? it's to memorialize something, but what's the objective here? >> well, there's a political objective, and you guys can speak to the legal objective. what they are basically saying, what emmitt flood is saying here is that the mueller report was a completely political document, that said things it did not
is why the white house special counsel emmitt flood wanted to put this on the record with the white house view on, because there is this debate going on right now of whether the president can still do so since he didn't -- he didn't assert executive privilege on the mueller report. this is a brewing battle as we speak, brianna, between the white house and house democrats over this issue. brianna? >> it is, and we see the battle lines in this letter. pamela brown, great reporting. thank...
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the white house says that don mcgahn, the president's former white house counsel doesn't have the legal right to provide documents subpoenaed by congress. do you believe this is a valid legal argument? >> well, i don't think so. i think don mcgahn -- frankly wing it's the president who has waived executive privilege by allowing don mcgahn to testify pot special counsel and share things to the president's own personal attorneys. that's an issue that may end up being litigated in court. more broadly, it's pretty striking that just a few weeks ago, the president was claiming complete and total exoneration and is now taking steps to prevent don mcgahn, the white house counsel who provided so much information to the special counsel from even appearing in front of congress. i do think this is one of those instances where i'll repeat a line i said a number of times before. if the president's truly innocent, he ought to act like it and allow white house counsel mcgahn to testify to congress. >> one of the arguments they make over at the white house is that the president allowed don mcgahn to sp
the white house says that don mcgahn, the president's former white house counsel doesn't have the legal right to provide documents subpoenaed by congress. do you believe this is a valid legal argument? >> well, i don't think so. i think don mcgahn -- frankly wing it's the president who has waived executive privilege by allowing don mcgahn to testify pot special counsel and share things to the president's own personal attorneys. that's an issue that may end up being litigated in court....
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who has the answers about what is happening in the white house? t is happening in the white house? my experience with usaa has been excellent. they really appreciate the military family and it really shows. with all that usaa offers why go with anybody else? we know their rates are good, we know that they're always going to take care of us. it was an instant savings and i should have changed a long time ago. it was funny because when we would call another insurance company, hey would say...
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how is the white house feeling? >> it's a messaging war to see who came out on top or at least expressed it to the american public in the best possible terms for your side. sarah sanders doing the bidding for the president, basically accusing the democrats of a complete lie, suggesting they can do two things at once, saying the only thing they can do right now in is investigate. i pressed her for a little clarity on what will happen now and here is what she said. >> does this mean the president is open to a shutdown because democrats continue to investigate? >> we want to continue to move forward and get things done. i think the president and our team will look at administrative actions we can take to fix some of these problems. >> is the president putting his own job ahead of the best interest of the american people by saying no legislation if you keep investigating. >> that's insane. the president is putting the american people first. it's the democrats that don't want to do anything. >> that was sarah sanders a f
how is the white house feeling? >> it's a messaging war to see who came out on top or at least expressed it to the american public in the best possible terms for your side. sarah sanders doing the bidding for the president, basically accusing the democrats of a complete lie, suggesting they can do two things at once, saying the only thing they can do right now in is investigate. i pressed her for a little clarity on what will happen now and here is what she said. >> does this mean...
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the white house blocking former white house counsel don mcgahn from testifying in front of the judiciary committee today. the latest effort to stone wall investigations into the trump administration. mcgahn's lawyer telling judiciary chairman jerry nadler, mr. mcgahn finds himself facing contradictory instructions from two co-equal branches of government. nadler threatening to use, quote, all enforcement mek schisms at the committee's disposal, including holding him in contempt. >> you're dealing with a lawless president who is willing to go to any lengths to prevent testimony that might implement him. >> reporter: white house saying he is immune to testify. sarah sanders adding, this action is taken to ensure future presidents can effectively execute the responsibilities of the office of the presidency. add i >> he cannot seek to be a dictator and seek the separation of powers and be above the law. that's what he's trying to do. >> reporter: meanwhile, the d.c. district court dealing a significant blow to the white house, rejecting another administration attempt to block a house committ
the white house blocking former white house counsel don mcgahn from testifying in front of the judiciary committee today. the latest effort to stone wall investigations into the trump administration. mcgahn's lawyer telling judiciary chairman jerry nadler, mr. mcgahn finds himself facing contradictory instructions from two co-equal branches of government. nadler threatening to use, quote, all enforcement mek schisms at the committee's disposal, including holding him in contempt. >> you're...
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a busy morning at the white house. and a busy morning for 2020 candidates making a whirlwind trip through iowa. several others focusing on winning over one of the nation's biggest unions. we will go live to both places up next. >>> also, jill biden weighing in on her husband's presidential campaign. and how he will handle attacks from president trump. >> i should say that your husband can give it as well. he called president trump a clown recently. we all remember in 2016 when he said if this is high school, we'd go back and i'd beat the hell out of him, always the ugly heest, fastest -- >> no, i spoke to him about that. >> what did you tell him? because i was going to say, is he going to get down in the mud 1234. >> no, he's not. remember what michelle said, when then go low, we go high. >> tech: at safelite autoglass, we know sooner or later... every chip will crack. this daughter was home visiting when mom saw a chip in her windshield. >> mom: honey is that a chip? >> tech: they wanted it fixed fast so they brought
a busy morning at the white house. and a busy morning for 2020 candidates making a whirlwind trip through iowa. several others focusing on winning over one of the nation's biggest unions. we will go live to both places up next. >>> also, jill biden weighing in on her husband's presidential campaign. and how he will handle attacks from president trump. >> i should say that your husband can give it as well. he called president trump a clown recently. we all remember in 2016 when he...
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the white house informing house democrats that they have told don mcgahn, the former white house counsel, he should not testify. this is in defiance of a subpoena from the house judiciary committee. let's go live to rich edson to get reaction from the white house and the reasoning. good to see you, rich. >> the statement from the white house is saying to this, the special counsel received more than 1.4 million documents, hours of interviews. they have spoken to don mcgahn about 30 hours and this is unnecessary and claiming that the privilege extends to the former counselor to the president and he doesn't have to comply with the subpoena. the democrats are hoping he would be on the hill to discuss the mueller report and his inclusion in it. he was cited a number of teams by robert mueller on the question of obstruction of justice, whether the president had tried to thwart the investigation and the attempt to fire robert mueller. this is supposed to be something that democrats were going to ask him about tomorrow. but now the white house instructing that that won't be the case, this is a c
the white house informing house democrats that they have told don mcgahn, the former white house counsel, he should not testify. this is in defiance of a subpoena from the house judiciary committee. let's go live to rich edson to get reaction from the white house and the reasoning. good to see you, rich. >> the statement from the white house is saying to this, the special counsel received more than 1.4 million documents, hours of interviews. they have spoken to don mcgahn about 30 hours...
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house officials and republicans close to the white house. trump feared a repeat but bigger of the february testimony of his former lawyer and testimony michael cohen which dominated news coverage and each overshadowed a into you can clear summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. trump feared americans would be captivated by seeing and hearing mueller. yesterday we got a taste of that. of course, so what has been -- we saw the public tweets, the reaction from sarah sanders outside the white house yesterday saying case closed, robert mueller has finished his job, it's time to move on, but what are they really feeling inside the white house? >> the white house was given a heads up the night before that mueller would be given a statement but they weren't apprised of what the contents would be. the president as he often starts his mornings stayed in the white house residence yesterday and watched on television just like americans around the nation to see what mueller would say. mueller to finally break his silence after two years, his first p
house officials and republicans close to the white house. trump feared a repeat but bigger of the february testimony of his former lawyer and testimony michael cohen which dominated news coverage and each overshadowed a into you can clear summit with north korean leader kim jong-un. trump feared americans would be captivated by seeing and hearing mueller. yesterday we got a taste of that. of course, so what has been -- we saw the public tweets, the reaction from sarah sanders outside the white...
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ongoing investigations takes relates to the white house. his seeming contradiction in not telling the full truth when it came to whether or not he knew the special counsel was unhappy but i'm with you, let's say heared before the house today, he won't suddenly say you know what, that is my bad, guys. i should have told -- i'm sorry, is it cool? he has said what he is going to say. and so in some ways it is sort of -- you can keep beating that dead horse, but bill barr is not going further than he went yesterday. >> we really want to hear from mueller right now. we want to hear from don mcgahn, former white house counsel. coming up, a new report sheds light on the extraordinary steps that the fbi took to probe suspicions that russia had infiltrated the trump campaign. but which of the 21 democrats running for thas the best chanc of unseating president trump? we have a you into cnn poll. new. s just one free hearing test at his local miracle ear helped andrew hear more of the joy in her voice. just one hearing test is all it took for him to h
ongoing investigations takes relates to the white house. his seeming contradiction in not telling the full truth when it came to whether or not he knew the special counsel was unhappy but i'm with you, let's say heared before the house today, he won't suddenly say you know what, that is my bad, guys. i should have told -- i'm sorry, is it cool? he has said what he is going to say. and so in some ways it is sort of -- you can keep beating that dead horse, but bill barr is not going further than...
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hans nichols at the white house. i understand you have new information for us. >> i was just speaking with the senior administration official, chris. the white house was given a heads up about this last night. what is unclear whether they know the subject and/or content. from talking to officials this morning, it doesn't appear the white house has settled on a strategy on whether or not they're going to respond to what mr. mueller has to say at 11:00. that's the indication. it's not proof, but an indication that the white house doesn't know what the subject and/or content is going to be from mr. mueller. it almost seems as though they're watching this with as much interest as we are. now, all this information takes place and gets conveyed at different levels. we have to be very careful about what we know and what we don't know. we know the white house was given a heads up on this. this is going through normal channels. if they didn't try or weren't able to stop robert mueller from making this statement. and we know w
hans nichols at the white house. i understand you have new information for us. >> i was just speaking with the senior administration official, chris. the white house was given a heads up about this last night. what is unclear whether they know the subject and/or content. from talking to officials this morning, it doesn't appear the white house has settled on a strategy on whether or not they're going to respond to what mr. mueller has to say at 11:00. that's the indication. it's not...
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that night the white house press office called the department of justice and said the white house wanted to put out a statement saying it was rosenstein's idea to fire comey. rosenstein told other officials he would not participate in putting out a false story. the president then call rosenstein directly and said he was watching fox news and the coverage had been great and he wanted rosenstein to do a press conference. rosenstein responded this was not a good idea because of the press asked him he would tell the truth that comey's firing was not his idea. sessions informed the white house counsel's office that rosenstein was upset that his memorandum was being portrayed as the reason for me termination. in an unplanned press conference on may 9, spicer told reporters it was all rosenstein. no one from the white house, it was a doj decision. that evening and next morning white house officials and spokespeople continue to maintain that the president decision to terminate comey was driven by the recommendations the president received from rosenstein and sessions. on the morning of may 10, p
that night the white house press office called the department of justice and said the white house wanted to put out a statement saying it was rosenstein's idea to fire comey. rosenstein told other officials he would not participate in putting out a false story. the president then call rosenstein directly and said he was watching fox news and the coverage had been great and he wanted rosenstein to do a press conference. rosenstein responded this was not a good idea because of the press asked him...
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now you have the president or at least the white house saying we are not going to allow the white house, former white house counsel to involve himself in, you know, another testimony. isn't this yet another form of attempted obstruction? >> it certainly seems like it is. think about the idea, this is accumulation of instances to put your thumb on the scale and influence an investigation. you have the cumulative aspect of it and request that sounds like what happened when james comey was asked by the president to say publicly, i'm not under investigation. please, crack the narrative to make sure everyone knows i'm exonerated and going beyond that to say, i would like you, the white house counsel, whose job it is not to be my personal attorney to be the office of presidency and longevity of credibility to have it refused and continue is part and parcel of the theme of the president of the united states acting as if there is no law. >> if executive privilege was already removed so that don mcgahn could be questioned by the mueller team, how could the white house exert executive privilege n
now you have the president or at least the white house saying we are not going to allow the white house, former white house counsel to involve himself in, you know, another testimony. isn't this yet another form of attempted obstruction? >> it certainly seems like it is. think about the idea, this is accumulation of instances to put your thumb on the scale and influence an investigation. you have the cumulative aspect of it and request that sounds like what happened when james comey was...
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house counsel. >> maybe not this white house counsel. >> you talk about walking in to work at the white house every day and you did that during some of the most challenging times in the history of the united states, after 9/11 and the war on terror , talk to us about being part of a white house during this unprecedented legal time. you were really treading in uncharted legal water, having to make unique, novel decisions on behalf of the white house and on behalf of justice so talk to us a little bit about assessing those issues and relying on the people that were around you. >> the job of the white house counsel is not to make the final determination and with respect to top legal issues, live surveillance like those were not legal decisions by those involved in white house counsel. what i would do as a general matter is when a policy issue goes up like the ones i just described, i would get lawyers and affected agencies to come to the west wing and we would debate them. for a long time. obviously would have someone from justice, oftentimes the head of the criminal division. someone from
house counsel. >> maybe not this white house counsel. >> you talk about walking in to work at the white house every day and you did that during some of the most challenging times in the history of the united states, after 9/11 and the war on terror , talk to us about being part of a white house during this unprecedented legal time. you were really treading in uncharted legal water, having to make unique, novel decisions on behalf of the white house and on behalf of justice so talk...
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left the white house. and i remember just listening to the tails of that meeting an really being in a state of shock, that's when i realized that this was not simply a lack of sophistication or a lack of undersnding about how we do our work. >> it was an active effort to influence what we weng. >> narrator: once again comey typed his notes of the meeting on his laptop. >> comey begins opening hisyp laptop andg down words, the phrases that he can remember the president said's because hat scared of what this is that has just happened. >> there's an old adage in the organization that, "if it happened and you didn't write id down, itt happen." and so i think that he was thinking, at that time, that, you know, "the president is at least walking himself down this trail to an investigation where he could become subject to investigation, and i need to be able to document what has happened." w for the first time, fbi director james coml reveal... >> narrator: but comey didn't back down. >> comeyill be appearing bef
left the white house. and i remember just listening to the tails of that meeting an really being in a state of shock, that's when i realized that this was not simply a lack of sophistication or a lack of undersnding about how we do our work. >> it was an active effort to influence what we weng. >> narrator: once again comey typed his notes of the meeting on his laptop. >> comey begins opening hisyp laptop andg down words, the phrases that he can remember the president said's...
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the white house versus the house. and at any minute an assist from the senate because mitch mcconnell is about to be on your screen right there declaring the russia investigation is case closed. stopping a big fight over who might be held in contempt and who might not. don mcgahn is on the list. as of about 25 seconds ago, the former white house counsel hit a deadline to hand over a bunch of documents. jerry nadler is also threatening to hold the attorney general in contempt. his staff is meeting with the doj today over democratic demands to see the full unredacted mueller report. and rounding out the list of trump world folks under fire, steve mnuchin who again refused to hand over the president's tax returns. and we're also watching fbi director christopher wray talking spying now in his first testimony since the redacted report's release. and what about robert mueller himself? when might we see him in the witness chair? here is what the white house is saying. >> the president said robert mueller shouldn't testify,
the white house versus the house. and at any minute an assist from the senate because mitch mcconnell is about to be on your screen right there declaring the russia investigation is case closed. stopping a big fight over who might be held in contempt and who might not. don mcgahn is on the list. as of about 25 seconds ago, the former white house counsel hit a deadline to hand over a bunch of documents. jerry nadler is also threatening to hold the attorney general in contempt. his staff is...
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>> reporter: fred, the white house, according to sources, pressured former white house counsel don mcgahn to come out publicly and say that the president did not obstruct justice. sources tell cnn that mcgahn told special counsel robert mueller's investigators that he believed the president didn't obstruct justice. mcgahn, through his attorney, declined to announce it publicly. sources also told cnn that the president was upset about mcgahn's refusal to come out and say that publicly. this all underscores the measure that is the white house has taken to try to portray mueller's report as exonerating the president, even though it explicitly did not on the question of obstruction. an attorney though for mcgahn saying that at the time, the former white house counsel did not perceive the white house as threatening mcgahn to make that public statement. fred? >> sarah westwood, thank you so much. >>> with me now, a former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst. and lynn swede from the "times." being okay with the attorney general investigating joe biden. this as joe biden has his meteoric ris
>> reporter: fred, the white house, according to sources, pressured former white house counsel don mcgahn to come out publicly and say that the president did not obstruct justice. sources tell cnn that mcgahn told special counsel robert mueller's investigators that he believed the president didn't obstruct justice. mcgahn, through his attorney, declined to announce it publicly. sources also told cnn that the president was upset about mcgahn's refusal to come out and say that publicly....
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the white house resisted. at least one official at the bush white house tried to have him fired for resisting it. but james baker at the justice department was convinced he was right and he was stubborn. and eventually he won. the white house had been intent ongoing around that court and overtly denying the court any information about that new spying program. and they ended up getting forced to inform the court about because of the way james baker stood up to them. i mean, more officials -- he convinced more officials that he was right about it. more officials raised objections. the program ultimately became public. congress intervened in craft's surveillance legislation. and again you may not be a big fan of the legislation congress ult ultimately created about this. but before this was a spying program being run more or less off the books without any court oversight at all just by the white house. the inspector general report on this spying program, which it was a program called code name stellar wind, this
the white house resisted. at least one official at the bush white house tried to have him fired for resisting it. but james baker at the justice department was convinced he was right and he was stubborn. and eventually he won. the white house had been intent ongoing around that court and overtly denying the court any information about that new spying program. and they ended up getting forced to inform the court about because of the way james baker stood up to them. i mean, more officials -- he...
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house, but they belong to the white house. now that you're back in private practice, sorry, you can't use them in your testimony. >> well, we're just seeing this really fascinating and vivid sort of history lesson in checks and balances in american government play out in real time, right? the legislative branch, congress, especially wright after democrats taking over the house, they are trying to do what they always said they would do and that is to hold the white house and the president accountable, and what we have seen, as julie said from the white house consistently and coming directly from the president himself is thwarting all of those efforts, right, whether you want to call that stonewalling or being uncorptive, that has been a consistent strategy from the white house, and it all is now pointing to the very real possibility that so many of these threats end up in the courts, and for democrats, every indication is that they will go there. however, there's a big downsize to that. the reality is that those things will pro
house, but they belong to the white house. now that you're back in private practice, sorry, you can't use them in your testimony. >> well, we're just seeing this really fascinating and vivid sort of history lesson in checks and balances in american government play out in real time, right? the legislative branch, congress, especially wright after democrats taking over the house, they are trying to do what they always said they would do and that is to hold the white house and the president...
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white house stonewalling into the inquiries. the question is whether the legal, narrow legal reason they might give might be just because of the mcgahn refusing to testify. the overall point again is russia, trump, stonewalling the investigations. the question is i think whether they can make the case this is specifically about the stonewalling part, the white house refusing testimony and refusing to comply with requests for investigation and not about the broader russian question. you look at what trump is saying, he continues to say no collusion, no obstruction, let's move on. >> that's my point. the tax returns, that's a serious constitutional matter. if congress has the right under law to subpoena tax returns and he refuses to give them over, we have a constitutional crisis. we have a confrontation between the executive branch and legislative branch that is hard to sort through. that's why it is important if you want to be serious about this to go at things. what the white house is doing, we're not complying with anything. s
white house stonewalling into the inquiries. the question is whether the legal, narrow legal reason they might give might be just because of the mcgahn refusing to testify. the overall point again is russia, trump, stonewalling the investigations. the question is i think whether they can make the case this is specifically about the stonewalling part, the white house refusing testimony and refusing to comply with requests for investigation and not about the broader russian question. you look at...
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kaitlan collins is at the white house and top democrats went to the white house to talk about infrastructure and the president and they had met before to talk about a potentially a $2 trillion deal. but it seems as though the president was already fuming before they even had a foot hit the welcome mat. was the president's rose garden rant, where there were signs already set up, was that pre-planned? >> reporter: yeah, they started planning that right after nancy pelosi made her remark accusing the president of being engaged in a cover-up. according to what our sources are telling us. and that is when you saw aides print out what you saw on the white house podium about the mueller investigation and then the president went into that meeting with democrats and didn't uninvite them from coming, still had them come to the white house and we saw them walk in minutes before reporters were rushed to the rose garden. he went in there and maybe less than five minutes and turned on his heels and came to the rose garden and, jake, his anger was unmistakable. >> i just wanted to let you know that i walke
kaitlan collins is at the white house and top democrats went to the white house to talk about infrastructure and the president and they had met before to talk about a potentially a $2 trillion deal. but it seems as though the president was already fuming before they even had a foot hit the welcome mat. was the president's rose garden rant, where there were signs already set up, was that pre-planned? >> reporter: yeah, they started planning that right after nancy pelosi made her remark...
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, the white house is sticking a thumb in the eye of congressional democrats, ordering former white house counsel don mcgahn not to turn over documents in response to a house judiciary committee subpoena. white house lawyer pat cipollone telling judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler in a letter, the records belong to the white house and are protected from disclosure to congress, because they implicate significant executive branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege. but the white house not going so far as to assert executive privilege outright. this coming as senate majority leader mitch mcconnell moves to play defense for president trump, calling on democrats to drop their efforts to follow up on special counsel robert mueller's investigation. >> baseless accusations of perjury, laughable threats of impeachment. look, we all know what's going on here. this whole angry barrage that democrats had prepared to unleash on president trump, except the facts let them down. >> reporter: mcconnell signaling to republicans that he should push back on efforts to force mueller to te
, the white house is sticking a thumb in the eye of congressional democrats, ordering former white house counsel don mcgahn not to turn over documents in response to a house judiciary committee subpoena. white house lawyer pat cipollone telling judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler in a letter, the records belong to the white house and are protected from disclosure to congress, because they implicate significant executive branch confidentiality interests and executive privilege. but the...
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things he said happened in the white house didn't happen in the white house. after saying that mcgahn is a liar, that the he lied to investigators which is a crime, the white house is also saying and don mcgahn is not allowed to speak to congress to clarify the record or to defend himself while he denounce him as a liar. i wonder if that creates yet another dynamic here that is almost unsustainable in terms of mcgahn going along with what the white house says. >> and yes, he shouldn't, rachel. i'm asking him tonight, be a patriot. be someone who puts your country above the lawlessness of this white house. again, this is a cycle that we see from donald trump. i'll show you my taxes, i just have to wait until the audit's over. you're never going to see my taxes. i'm going to order the secretary of treasury to not give them to you. i was exonerated. i was the most transparent president ever investigated. mueller can testify. mueller can't testify. mcgahn can't testify. this is just the cycle of donald trump. we're just, you know, we're not going to put up with it
things he said happened in the white house didn't happen in the white house. after saying that mcgahn is a liar, that the he lied to investigators which is a crime, the white house is also saying and don mcgahn is not allowed to speak to congress to clarify the record or to defend himself while he denounce him as a liar. i wonder if that creates yet another dynamic here that is almost unsustainable in terms of mcgahn going along with what the white house says. >> and yes, he shouldn't,...
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just by the white house. the inspector general report on this spying program which was a program code named stellar wind. this report was put together by inspectors general from five different agencies. on this matter it concluded with this quote. we believe that the justice department and fbi officials who resisted the pressure to recertify the stellar wind program because of their beliefs that aspects of the program were not legally supportable, those officials act courageously and at personal pro-life risk. the inspectors general highlight several by name, including robert mueller and james comey and james baker. singled them out by name to say they acted, quote, in accord with the highest professional standards of the justice department. when james comey became director of the fbi years later, he tapped that same james baker, praised for his integrity in that earlier confrontation with the republican white house, he picked james baker to be his general counsel, to be the top legal official at the fbi. tha
just by the white house. the inspector general report on this spying program which was a program code named stellar wind. this report was put together by inspectors general from five different agencies. on this matter it concluded with this quote. we believe that the justice department and fbi officials who resisted the pressure to recertify the stellar wind program because of their beliefs that aspects of the program were not legally supportable, those officials act courageously and at...
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the white house is done. this is not something that the president is going to give the green light to. he didn't in 2016. he views the fact that he won without having to do that when it was considered at the time a pretty major step back from tradition has given him, any way, the reason to draw the conclusion i didn't need to do this in 2016. i'm not going to need to do it again in 2020. >> so, the president doubling down on it being litigated already. thanks to daniel, aswan, and jeff. >>> so, "saturday night live" poking fun at republicans asking the question what would it take to break with president trump. >> okay. this week president trump has escalated his trade war with china. it's estimated this will cost the country $1.4 trillion in market value. you all have opposed tariffs in the past. do you support the tariffs now. >> there's a simple answer to that. there was no collusion. >> okay. but i'm asking you about china. >> uh-huh. mm-hm. h. mm-hm. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance, so you on
the white house is done. this is not something that the president is going to give the green light to. he didn't in 2016. he views the fact that he won without having to do that when it was considered at the time a pretty major step back from tradition has given him, any way, the reason to draw the conclusion i didn't need to do this in 2016. i'm not going to need to do it again in 2020. >> so, the president doubling down on it being litigated already. thanks to daniel, aswan, and jeff....
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mcgahn but the white house. nadler says he is chairing a hearing this morning and expects mcgahn to appear because he is subpoenaed. if he fails to show the committee can move to hold mcgahn in contempt. earlier this month they voted to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress. the full house has yet to consider that. democrats want to ask mcgahn about his comments at a special counsel claiming president trump told him to remove robert mueller. the white house says the special counsel already spent more than 30 hours interviewing mcgahn. the president says house democrats shouldn't get a do over. a federal judge ruled against the president last night. cummings has requested 10 years of the president's financial records. the white house argues the subpoena is an abuse of power. the federal judge disagrees and determined the president's accounting firm must provide those financial records to congress. >> president trump: as far as the financials are concerned. we think it's the wrong -- it's tota
mcgahn but the white house. nadler says he is chairing a hearing this morning and expects mcgahn to appear because he is subpoenaed. if he fails to show the committee can move to hold mcgahn in contempt. earlier this month they voted to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress. the full house has yet to consider that. democrats want to ask mcgahn about his comments at a special counsel claiming president trump told him to remove robert mueller. the white house says the special...
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whether trump and the white house will try to stop him from doing so. here's what the president had to say about that today. >> will you allow robert mueller to testify? >> well, i'm going to leave that up to our very great attorney general, and he'll make a decision on that. bob mueller's no friend of mine. i had conflicts with him. we had somebody that is in love with james comey. he liked james comey. they were good friends. >> this is a potential reversal from one he wrote mueller should not testify. earlier this evening james comey who was fired exactly two years ago today had this to say about mueller and about trump's remarks. >> i respect him. i don't think we have that kind of relationship. >> you think mueller should testify? >> of course. and explain his thinking. the president says this report is a complete exoneration of him. why wouldn't the special counsel be permitted to testify? >> tonight trump is also coming to the defense of his son, donald trump junior who is now facing a subpoena from the senate intelligence committee which is carr
whether trump and the white house will try to stop him from doing so. here's what the president had to say about that today. >> will you allow robert mueller to testify? >> well, i'm going to leave that up to our very great attorney general, and he'll make a decision on that. bob mueller's no friend of mine. i had conflicts with him. we had somebody that is in love with james comey. he liked james comey. they were good friends. >> this is a potential reversal from one he wrote...
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this comes amid an escalating showdown between house democrats and the white house. president trump today exerting executive privilege on the full, unredacted version of the mueller report and all underlying materials subpoenaed by house democrats on the judiciary committee. in a letter released today the assistant attorney general wrote as we have repeatedly explained the attorney general could not comply with your subpoena in its current form without violating the law, court rules and court orders. that is an apparent reference to top-secret grand jury testimony and other materials that had been previously redacted. this all comes as the white house has made something of a stonewall strategy to refuse to comply with the questions made by house democrats as part of their oversight responsibilities including trying to get the president's taxes, find out more information about his finances and the attorney general's refusal to testify before a democratic led committee. senior congressional correspondent manu is on capitol hill. what are the next steps for democrats? >
this comes amid an escalating showdown between house democrats and the white house. president trump today exerting executive privilege on the full, unredacted version of the mueller report and all underlying materials subpoenaed by house democrats on the judiciary committee. in a letter released today the assistant attorney general wrote as we have repeatedly explained the attorney general could not comply with your subpoena in its current form without violating the law, court rules and court...
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bush's white house counsel. a district judge actually ordered her to testify, but that case was settled before it went to the appeals court. so the question of how binding a precedent that is is unsettled, but it just illustrates that that issue of white house counsel's testimony is a genuinely complicated with un. >> there are going to be a lot of busy lawyers in washington in the coming weeks and months. >> and legal analysts. >> job security. >> that's what i want. >> we have a lot more questions to run by you this morning. >>> there are new allegations from president trump's former fixer michael cohen who is right now serving a three-year prison sentence for lying to congress, just to remind you. >> according to house intel testimony that was just released, cohen told members of congress that the president's attorney, jay sekulow, helped coordinate what turned out to be cohen's false testimony about the timeline of the trump tower moscow project proposal. lauren fox is with us with the details. so this thing
bush's white house counsel. a district judge actually ordered her to testify, but that case was settled before it went to the appeals court. so the question of how binding a precedent that is is unsettled, but it just illustrates that that issue of white house counsel's testimony is a genuinely complicated with un. >> there are going to be a lot of busy lawyers in washington in the coming weeks and months. >> and legal analysts. >> job security. >> that's what i want....
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the white house as white house counsel. as far as we know, the letter has not been officially sent to capitol hill blocking the testimony. that's the expectation today because the deadline is tomorrow for the system. >> one more, pam, don mcgahn himself, do we have anything from him? what's he saying? >> we don't have anything from him. his lawyer has been in touch with the white house. we know that previously with the document request that was blocked, the white house sent a letter to don mcgahn's lettawye. that's the expectation for how this is going to play out. clearly mcgahn i'm told is deferring to the white house and will not fight anything the white house wants him to do. in this case, blocking his testimony either through executive privilege as the white house did previously with the document request or through the assertion of immunity. there is a doj dock run and memo that makes the case of why presidential advisers should not be compelled to testify to congress. that's one of the areas the white house and doj ha
the white house as white house counsel. as far as we know, the letter has not been officially sent to capitol hill blocking the testimony. that's the expectation today because the deadline is tomorrow for the system. >> one more, pam, don mcgahn himself, do we have anything from him? what's he saying? >> we don't have anything from him. his lawyer has been in touch with the white house. we know that previously with the document request that was blocked, the white house sent a letter...
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and they are going to keep going after white house officials or former white house officials, connected to the president in their sweeping investigation into possible obstruction of justice. now, these two names, annie donaldson, and hope hicks, two of the people who were closest to the president and don mcgahn, who you noted, did not show up today for a scheduled hearing, did not comply with this subpoena, showing kind of an increased broad effort to increase pressure on white house officials that may have knowledge related to the committee's ongoing obstruction of justice case, their investigation. and the reason why this is so important is that it doesn't just push back against the white house, which has been defying congressional democrats in every way, but it also sends a message to their own counterparts. two house democrats over the course of the last 24 hours, just out of sheer frustration, has caused a lot of democrats who have been falling into line behind speaker nancy pelosi, behind the committee chairman, that impeachment, at least, is not ready for now, are starting to tur
and they are going to keep going after white house officials or former white house officials, connected to the president in their sweeping investigation into possible obstruction of justice. now, these two names, annie donaldson, and hope hicks, two of the people who were closest to the president and don mcgahn, who you noted, did not show up today for a scheduled hearing, did not comply with this subpoena, showing kind of an increased broad effort to increase pressure on white house officials...
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so that dynamic is unfolding within the white house, but sarah huckabee sanders the white house press secretary just moments ago told me and a group of other reporters that there are no divisions within the president's team and that the president is the ultimate decision-maker here. she also adds that they are reviewing all possible options when it comes to dealing with this very, very serious situation that is unfolding in iran. but clearly our sources are elg it us otherwise. this is a source of deep frustration for the president. >> so, wait, let me get this clear here. the president wants to talk to iran to diffuse the crisis, this is a president who repeatedly criticized president obama for negotiating with iran, of course, withdrew from the iranian nuclear deal. is he says here that the white house strategy if the president is rejecting bull ton's approach that the white house strategy is negotiations with iran? >> well, he is. he said it publicly multiple times, but you're right, jim, the vehicle for these kinds of negotiations would have been the iran nuclear deal, which the p
so that dynamic is unfolding within the white house, but sarah huckabee sanders the white house press secretary just moments ago told me and a group of other reporters that there are no divisions within the president's team and that the president is the ultimate decision-maker here. she also adds that they are reviewing all possible options when it comes to dealing with this very, very serious situation that is unfolding in iran. but clearly our sources are elg it us otherwise. this is a source...
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white house counsel, don mcgahn. what's the latest on that? this is supposed to take place, i think, next week. is mcgahn going to show up? >> yeah, well, that's the big question. and if you look last week, the white house, through the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney actually instructed don mcgahn not to comply with that subpoena for documents. and so i think that going forward in this next week, we can probably expect to see something similar from the white house in terms of don mcgahn's testimony before the committee. it wouldn't be a surprise if the white house instructed mcgahn not to testify in this. i think what's so interesting in all of this is you're seeing -- a lot of times you see the president say something and it's not quite backed up by white house action, but we're seeing exactly the opposite here, where the president says, i'm going to fight all the subpoenas, we're going to fight every inch of democratic oversight, and you're now seeing in this letter from the white house counsel exactly th
white house counsel, don mcgahn. what's the latest on that? this is supposed to take place, i think, next week. is mcgahn going to show up? >> yeah, well, that's the big question. and if you look last week, the white house, through the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney actually instructed don mcgahn not to comply with that subpoena for documents. and so i think that going forward in this next week, we can probably expect to see something similar from the white house in terms of...
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information that pertained to the white house, not necessarily the agencies, the white house is pushing back, saying it is not something they have to turn over to democrats. host: you mentioned the efforts to come up with a new immigration plan to overhaul legal immigration. what details do we know on that? guest: jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, last week started briefing people on this plan. this is something he has been working on since january. it is a significant piece of time for him. you mentioned legal immersion. it will include that. the president saw the initial draft and said it had to include border security. you will see border security and legal immigration. the bottom line is the proposal has numbers exactly the same. it would increase the number of migrant workers that could come to the u.s. to work. but it would decrease the number of people who could come and be sponsored by family members. by now, you have extended family that can come in if you are a legal resident and you can sponsor them. but the plan they are looking at is limited to probably spouse and
information that pertained to the white house, not necessarily the agencies, the white house is pushing back, saying it is not something they have to turn over to democrats. host: you mentioned the efforts to come up with a new immigration plan to overhaul legal immigration. what details do we know on that? guest: jared kushner, the president's son-in-law, last week started briefing people on this plan. this is something he has been working on since january. it is a significant piece of time...
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let's get to the white house counsel. he says that the demands by your colleagues on the house judiciary committee are, quote, outside the constitutional authority of the legislative branch of the u.s. government. how do you respond to that? >> yeah, that's not the case at all. congress has a right to conduct oversight and to investigate these matters and what you have is an administration that's stonewalling in every single way that it can and jerry nadler is right that the president is trying to act like a king, as though nobody can investigate anything that his administration does, and ultimately, the congress is going to have to go to court, the house of representatives is going to have to go to court, probably, to enforce these subpoenas. >> do you support the judiciary committee chairman's threat to fine people for not complying with their subpoenas, even up to the attorney general, bill barr. >> well, yeah, i think that it's important that we've been negotiating, trying to get them to come in and testify and so for
let's get to the white house counsel. he says that the demands by your colleagues on the house judiciary committee are, quote, outside the constitutional authority of the legislative branch of the u.s. government. how do you respond to that? >> yeah, that's not the case at all. congress has a right to conduct oversight and to investigate these matters and what you have is an administration that's stonewalling in every single way that it can and jerry nadler is right that the president is...
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catherine herridge is at the white house today. you got to be inside. >> reporter: we'll be back out tomorrow if this contempt vote goes forward. senate democrats line of questioning eluded to attorney general barr's recent testimony that spying occurred on the trump campaign and director wray confirmed he is working with the ae to see if it was based on solid evidence. the fbi director seemed to avoid the whrapblg. >> that's not the term i would use. >> thank you. so i would say that's a no to that question. >> well, i mean, look, there are lots of people that have different phrases. i believe that the fbi's engaged in investigative activity and part of investigative activity includes surveillance activity of different shapes and sizes. to me, the key question is making sure that it's done by the book, consistent with our lawful authorities. >> reporter: during the 2016 campaign, the fbi secured a surveillance warrant for carter page which allow force collection of communications records well beyond the original target. an alleged
catherine herridge is at the white house today. you got to be inside. >> reporter: we'll be back out tomorrow if this contempt vote goes forward. senate democrats line of questioning eluded to attorney general barr's recent testimony that spying occurred on the trump campaign and director wray confirmed he is working with the ae to see if it was based on solid evidence. the fbi director seemed to avoid the whrapblg. >> that's not the term i would use. >> thank you. so i would...
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the white house asserts that mr. mcgahn does not have to appear today because he is entitled to quote absolute immunity unquote from our subpoenas. we know this argument is wrong, of course, because the executive branch has tried this approach before. in 2007 president george bush attempted to invoke a similarly broad and unjustified assertion of executive privilege and asked his former counsel harriet myers to ignore a subpoena issued by this committee. ms. myers also did not appear at her scheduled hearing. judge john bates who was appointed by president bush slapped down that argument fairly quickly. quote, the executive cannot identify a single judicial opinion that recognizes absolute immunity for senior presidential advisors in this or any other context. that simple yet critical fact bears repeating. the asserted absolute immunity claim here is entirely unsupported by the case law, close quote from the judicial decision. in other words, when this committee issues a subpoena even to a senior presidential advisor
the white house asserts that mr. mcgahn does not have to appear today because he is entitled to quote absolute immunity unquote from our subpoenas. we know this argument is wrong, of course, because the executive branch has tried this approach before. in 2007 president george bush attempted to invoke a similarly broad and unjustified assertion of executive privilege and asked his former counsel harriet myers to ignore a subpoena issued by this committee. ms. myers also did not appear at her...
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but as we noticed from this white house, when it comes to former white house counsel don mcgahn and others over here, they have been very reluctant and some have been saying they've been stonewalling in terms of allowing former white house officials to testify before congress this news that's breaking tonight. obviously tees up another one of those discussions that will obviously take place now, which is will this white house if it comes to this allow this white house to testify on capitol hill, wolf? >> especially the white house. they want him to testify as soon as possible. he's awaiting sentencing as we know as well. gist acosta at the white house, thank you very much. >>> a lot more on all of the breaking news after this. this is not a bed. it's a revolution in sleep. the sleep number 360 smart bed is on sale now during our memorial day sale. it senses your movement, and automatically adjusts to keep you both comfortable. it even helps with this. so you wake up ready to hit the ground running. only at a sleep number store. during the memorial day sale, save $1000 on the new queen slee
but as we noticed from this white house, when it comes to former white house counsel don mcgahn and others over here, they have been very reluctant and some have been saying they've been stonewalling in terms of allowing former white house officials to testify before congress this news that's breaking tonight. obviously tees up another one of those discussions that will obviously take place now, which is will this white house if it comes to this allow this white house to testify on capitol...
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take a listen. >> the white house and the department of justice is enabling the white house to try to evade all accountability to the american people. saying, in effect, the president is a tyrant and dictator with no limit on his power. >> matt, back to jake's point, what are they going to do about it? what can they do about it? >> they're going to have to move as aggressively as they can in the courts. i don't think that's going to be enough. the strategy they laid out after getting the mueller report. they'll bring witnesses forward and letting the american people see them on television and hear what they have to say and judge whether or not they're being truthful. the problem is the president has completely stymied that approach by preventing witnesses from coming forward, preventing documents from being turned over. every day they're fighting over access to democraticments and witnesses, instead of whether the president broke the law or committed high crimes or created misdemeanor, they're losing the fight. it's not great for the white house to be covering things up but better tha
take a listen. >> the white house and the department of justice is enabling the white house to try to evade all accountability to the american people. saying, in effect, the president is a tyrant and dictator with no limit on his power. >> matt, back to jake's point, what are they going to do about it? what can they do about it? >> they're going to have to move as aggressively as they can in the courts. i don't think that's going to be enough. the strategy they laid out after...