IS PUTIN IS NOT IN VENEZUELA. WHATS YOUR JOB?
WHATS YOUR JOB? I MEAN, WOW.
I MEAN, WOW. TODAY WAS NUTTY ON A LOT OF
TODAY WAS NUTTY ON A LOT OF LEVELS, BUT I THINK IT IS WORTH
LEVELS, BUT I THINK IT IS WORTH PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE FACT
PREPARING OURSELVES FOR THE FACT THAT THIS WEEKEND MIGHT BE EVEN
THAT THIS WEEKEND MIGHT BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT NUTTIER.
A LITTLE BIT NUTTIER. AND THATS BECAUSE FOR ALL THE
AND THATS BECAUSE FOR ALL THE WEIRDNESS THAT WEVE JUST BEEN
WEIRDNESS THAT WEVE JUST BEEN THROUGH, WE ARE HEADING RIGHT
THROUGH, WE ARE HEADING RIGHT
INTO A WHOLE BUNCH OF STACKED UP DEADLINES THAT I THINK AREKED UP
DEADLINES THAT I THINK ARE REALLY GOING TO PUT WHIPPED
REALLY GOING TO PUT WHIPPED CREAM AND CHERRIES AND EXTRA
CREAM AND CHERRIES AND EXTRA NUTS ON TOP OF THE NUT SUNDAE WE
NUTS ON TOP OF THE NUT SUNDAE WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENJOYING.
HAVE ALREADY BEEN ENJOYING.
FIRST OF ALL, MONDAY MORNING IS WHEN THE PRESIDENTS LONGTIME IS
WHEN THE PRESIDENTS LONGTIME PERSONAL ATTORNEY, HIS LONGTIME
PERSONAL ATTORNEY, HIS LONGTIME EMPLOYEE AT HIS BUSINESS, THE
EMPLOYEE AT HIS BUSINESS, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, MICHAEL
TRUMP ORGANIZATION, MICHAEL COHEN, IS DUE MONDAY MORNING TO
COHEN, IS DUE MONDAY MORNING TO REPORT TO FEDERAL PRISON TO
REPORT TO FEDERAL PRISON TO START SERVING HIS THREE-YEAR
START SERVING HIS THREE-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE FOR, AMONG OTHER
PRISON SENTENCE FOR, AMONG OTHER THINGS, A FELONY CAMPAIGN
THINGS, A FELONY CAMPAIGN FINANCE SCHEME TO PAY TWO
FINANCE SCHEME TO PAY TWO
DIFFERENT WOMEN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN HUSHTER
OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN HUSH MONEY RIGHT BEFORE THE
MONEY RIGHT BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SO THEY
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SO THEY
WOULDNT PUBLICLY MAKE CLAIMS ABOUT HAVING HAD AFFAIRS WITH
ABOUT HAVING HAD AFFAIRS WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SO HIS CAMPAIGN
PRESIDENT TRUMP SO HIS CAMPAIGN WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED
WOULD NOT BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED BY ANY PUBLICITY.
BY ANY PUBLICITY. NOW, PROSECUTORS IN THE SOUTHERN
NOW, PROSECUTORS IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HAVE BEEN
DISTRICT OF NEW YORK HAVE BEEN
EXPLICIT IN SAYING THAT
PRESIDENT TRUMP, HIMSELF, WAS ALSOFELONIES, HE DIRECTED THE
ALSOFELONIES, HE DIRECTED THE COMMISSION OF THOSE FELONIES.
COMMISSION OF THOSE FELONIES. HE WAS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF
HE WAS THE SOLE BENEFICIARY OF THOSE FELONIES.
THOSE FELONIES.
BUT ITS MICHAEL COHEN WHOS
GOING TO PRISON FOR THEM AND THE
PRESIDENTS NOT.
THE PRESIDENT GOT OUT OF IT WAS
A CUTE LITTLE NICKNAME, INDIVIDUAL 1. NICKNAME,
INDIVIDUAL 1. AND I MENTION THIS THING ABOUT
AND I MENTION THIS THING ABOUT MONDAY MORNING NOT JUST TO KEEP
MONDAY MORNING NOT JUST TO KEEP TRACK OF WHATS GOING ON IN
TRACK OF WHATS GOING ON IN MICHAEL COHENS LIFE AND IN THAT
MICHAEL COHENS LIFE AND IN THAT CASE, BUT I THINK ITS SORT OF
CASE, BUT I THINK ITS SORT OF PRUDENT TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT
PRUDENT TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH
OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND THROUGH
THIS WEEKEND TO SEE IF MICHAEL COHEN MAY HAVE ONE MORE RABBIT
COHEN MAY HAVE ONE MORE RABBIT HE WANTS TO PULL OUT OF A HAT IN
HE WANTS TO PULL OUT OF A HAT IN
ORDER TO POTENTIALLY GIVE
PROSECUTORS SOMETHING NEW AND VALUABLE THEY COULD USE IN AD
VALUABLE THEY COULD USE IN A CASE AGAINST SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT
CASE AGAINST SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT
COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE THEM TO
INTERVENE
INTERVENE, TO CUT DOWN OR DELAY
HIM SERVING HIS SENTENCE.
ITS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT WE MAY
HEAR FROM COHEN IN A WAY THAT
ISNT DESIGNED DIRECTLY TO
REDUCE HIS SENTENCE, BUT IT COULD BE DESIGNED JUST TO TRY TO
COULD BE DESIGNED JUST TO TRY TO EQUAL THE COSMIC SCORE A LITTLE
EQUAL THE COSMIC SCORE A LITTLE BIT BETWEEN HE, WHO IS GOING TO
BIT BETWEEN HE, WHO IS GOING TO PRISON, AND THE GUY WHO DIRECTED
PRISON, AND THE GUY WHO DIRECTED
HIM TO COMMIT THOSE FELONIES WHO IS NOT GOING TO PRISON.ONIES WHO
IS NOT GOING TO PRISON. SO, AGAIN, MICHAEL COHENS
SO, AGAIN, MICHAEL COHENS
PRISON REPORT DATE IS MONDAY MORNING.EPORT DATE IS MONDAY
MORNING.
THIS LAST WEEKEND IS HIS LAST WEEKEND OF FREEDOM BEFORE HES
WEEKEND OF FREEDOM BEFORE HES IN THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.
IN THE FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM.
AND THAT IS GOING TO LOOM LARGE,
I THINK, IN THE NEWS OVER THIS
WEEKEND UNTIL HE IS LOCKED UP. MONDAY IS ALSO, COINCIDENTALLY,
MONDAY IS ALSO, COINCIDENTALLY, THE DEADLINE THAT TREASURY
THE DEADLINE THAT TREASURY SECRETARY STEVE MNUCHIN, IM
SECRETARY STEVE MNUCHIN, IM
SORRY, STEVEN, HE PREFERS TO BE CALLED STEVEN, NOT STEVE, MONDAY
CALLED STEVEN, NOT STEVE, MONDAY IS THE DEADLINE THAT TREASURY
IS THE DEADLINE THAT TREASURY
SECRETARY STEVEN MNUCHIN SET FOR
HIMSELF AS THE DATE BY WHICH HE
WILL RESPOND TO THE HOUSE WAYS S AND MEANS COMMITTEE.HOUSE WAYS S
AND MEANS COMMITTEE. HIS CHAIRMAN DEMANDED COPIES OF
HIS CHAIRMAN DEMANDED COPIES OF
SIX YEARS OF TRUMPS BUSINESS AND PERSONAL TAX RETURNS.ESS
AND PERSONAL TAX RETURNS. NOW, THIS TAX RETURNS THING IS
NOW, THIS TAX RETURNS THING IS NOT A FRIENDLY REQUEST FROM
NOT A FRIENDLY REQUEST FROM
CONGRESS TO GET PRESIDENT
TRUMPS TAX RETURNS.
IT IS A LEGALLY BINDING DEMAND. THERE IS CLEAR BLACK-LETTER LAW
THERE IS CLEAR BLACK-LETTER LAW THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE
THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE
WARREN G. HARDING TEAPOT DOME
SCANDAL WHICH SAYS THE CHAIRMAN
OF THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
IN CONGRESS SHALL BE GIVEN ANY
TAX RETURN THAT HE OR SHE REQUESTS.N THAT HE OR SHE
REQUESTS.
THE IRS LEGALLY MUST COMPLY WITH
SUCH A REQUEST FROM THE CHAIRMAN
OF THAT COMMITTEE.
SO FAR THEY HAVE NOT AND NOW THE
TREASURY SECRETARY, HIMSELF, HAS
GOTTEN INVOLVED TO TRY TO BLOCK
THE IRS FROM HANDING OVER THESE
TAX RETURNS.
HE SAYS THAT BY MONDAY, THIS
UPCOMING MONDAY, HES GOING TO
HAVE SOME FURTHER ASSERTION ABOUT WHAT HE AND THE IRS ARE
ABOUT WHAT HE AND THE IRS ARE GOING TO DO ON THIS ISSUE,.
GOING TO DO ON THIS ISSUE,.
HONESTLY, ITS REALLY NOT THEIR
CALL.
THEY DO NOT HAVE ANY LEGAL
WIGGLE ROOM HERE AS EVERY PREVIOUS SECRETARY WHOSRY
PREVIOUS SECRETARY WHOS COMMENTED ON THIS MATTER HAS
COMMENTED ON THIS MATTER HAS ATTESTED TO.
ATTESTED TO. BUT ON MONDAY WERE GOING TO
BUT ON MONDAY WERE GOING TO
FIND OUT WHAT WHAT ABOUTTHEYRE
TRY TO DO.
MONDAY IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE
SUBPOENA SENT TO CAPITAL ONE AND
DEUTSCHE BANK REQUIRING THOSE
TWO FINANCIAL ENTITIES TO HAND
OVER VOLUMINOUS INFORMATION
ABOUT THEIR FINANCIAL DEALINGS
WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
TRUMP BUSINESS.
THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE DUE TO BE HANDED OVER ON MONDAY TO THEE
HANDED OVER ON MONDAY TO THE HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE AND HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
HOUSE FINANCIAL SERVICES
COMMITTEE.
THE DEADLINE ON THAT SUBPOENA
FOR THEM TO HAND OVER THAT OVER,
IT WAS -- ITS MONDAY, MAY 6th.
BUT IT CAME ABOUT THROUGH AN
UNUSUAL PROCESS AND ITS SORT OF SINCE BEEN SHIFTED. ITS SORT OF
SINCE BEEN SHIFTED. DAVID ENRICH, THE FINANCIAL
DAVID ENRICH, THE FINANCIAL EDITOR OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
EDITOR OF "THE NEW YORK TIMES" WROTE ABOUT THIS THIS WEEK.
WROTE ABOUT THIS THIS WEEK.
HE SAYS "LAWYERS FOR DEUTSCHE BANK HAVE SPENT MONTHSEUTSCHE
BANK HAVE SPENT MONTHS COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATEORS
COOPERATING WITH INVESTIGATEORS FROM TWO DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED
FROM TWO DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED
CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.
ONCE THE REQUESTS FROM THE
COMMITTEES REACHED A CERTAIN
POINT, THE BANKS ASKED AND THE
COMMITTEES ISSUED WHAT ONE
LAWMAKER CALLS A FRIENDLY
SUBPOENA."
THAT WAS A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN
MID-APRIL.
SO THE BANKS WERE ALREADY
PREPARING TO HAND OVER LOTS OF
INFORMATION.
EVERYTHING THE COMMITTEES WERE
ASKING FOR.
COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THE BANKS ASKED, PLEASE MAY WE HAVE AKS
ASKED, PLEASE MAY WE HAVE A SUBPOENA?
SUBPOENA?
ITS NOT THAT WERE NOT COOPERATING, BUT THEY WANTED A
COOPERATING, BUT THEY WANTED A SUBPOENA BASICALLY TO COVER
SUBPOENA BASICALLY TO COVER THEIR BUTTS SO LEGALLY IT WOULD
THEIR BUTTS SO LEGALLY IT WOULD
BE CLEAR THEY HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO HAND OVER THESE DOCUMENT.BUT
TO HAND OVER THESE DOCUMENT. THATS WHY THEY GOT THIS
THATS WHY THEY GOT THIS
FRIENDLY SUBPOENA WITH A
DEADLINE OF MONDAY, THIS
UPCOMING MONDAY, TO HAND
EVERYTHING OVER.
ENRICH AT THE "TIMES" GOT
INCREDIBLE DETAIL ABOUT WHAT
EXACTLY THE BANKS HAVE BEEN
PREPARING, HAVE BEEN PUTTING
TOGETHER, TO HAND OVER TO ADAM SCHIFF AND MAXINE WATERS. ADAM
SCHIFF AND MAXINE WATERS.
THE TWO CHAIRMEN OF THE COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REQUESTED
COMMITTEES THAT HAVE REQUESTED THESE INFORMATIONS.
THESE INFORMATIONS. THIS INFORMATION.
THIS INFORMATION. "THE RICH TROVE OF RECORDS HELD
"THE RICH TROVE OF RECORDS HELD BY DEALERSHIPUTSCHE BANK INCLUDE
BY DEALERSHIPUTSCHE BANK INCLUDE INTERNAL CORPORATE DOCUMENTS,
INTERNAL CORPORATE DOCUMENTS, DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VALUE OF MR.
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE VALUE OF MR. TRUMPS A SETS AND PORTIONS OF
TRUMPS A SETS AND PORTIONS OF HIS PERSONAL AND BUSINESS TAX
HIS PERSONAL AND BUSINESS TAX RETURNS.
RETURNS.
THE SUBPOENA CASTS A WIDE NET
FOR DOCUMENTS ARE RELATED TO
TRUMPS BUSINESS AND OTHER
ENTITIES INCLUDING FAMILY
TRUSTS."
"THE SUBPOENA, INCLUDING PARENT SUBSIDIARYENA, INCLUDING PARENT
SUBSIDIARY SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATE, GROUPS,
SUBSIDIARIES, AFFILIATE, GROUPS,
SPECIAL SERVICE ENTITIES, PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, ANY
PREDECESSORS, SUCCESSORS, ANY OTHER ENTITY IN WHICH THEY HAVE
OTHER ENTITY IN WHICH THEY HAVE OR HAD A CONTROLLING INTEREST."
OR HAD A CONTROLLING INTEREST."
DID WE MISS ANYTHING?
IN TERMS OF THE CHARACTER OF THE MATERIALS THAT THE BANKS PLAN TO
MATERIALS THAT THE BANKS PLAN TO HAND OVER, "BANK OFFICIALS HAVE
HAND OVER, "BANK OFFICIALS HAVE
PILED REAMS OF MATERIAL TO HAND OVERD REAMS OF MATERIAL TO HAND
OVER
OVER.
INCLUDED IN THOSE DEW POINTS ARE
MULTIPLE PAGES FROM EACH OF
TRUMPS ANNUAL FEDERAL TAX
RETURNS."
NOW, AGAIN, DEUTSCHE BANK AND CAPITAL ONE ARE COOPERATING WITH
CAPITAL ONE ARE COOPERATING WITH THE COMMITTEES ON THIS.
THE COMMITTEES ON THIS.
THEY HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE COMMITTEES FOR MONTHS ON HOW TO
COMMITTEES FOR MONTHS ON HOW TO PREPARE THESE MATERIALS TO BE
PREPARE THESE MATERIALS TO BE
HANDED OVER TO CONGRESS.
THEY ASKED, PLEASE, MAY WE HAVE
A SUBPOENA.
CONGRESS SAID, YES, YOU MAY, HERE, YOU GO., YES, YOU MAY,
HERE, YOU GO.
THE FRIENDLY SUBPOENA SAYS THESE
DOCUMENTS HAVE TO BE HANDED OVER
BY MONDAY, THIS UPCOMING MONDAY
MAY 6th. THEYRE ALL POISEDED TO GO. ED T
THEYRE ALL POISEDED TO GO. ED T ITS ALL READY.
ITS ALL READY.
THEN PRESIDENT TRUMP SUED THE BANKS TO STOP THEM FROM REPLYING
BANKS TO STOP THEM FROM REPLYING TO THE SUBPOENA.
TO THE SUBPOENA. NOW, ITS INTERESTING.
NOW, ITS INTERESTING. THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED
THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED
COMMITTEES HAVE DECIDED THEYRE
BASICALLY GOING TO GO ALONG WITH
THAT LAWSUIT.
THEYRE NOT INSISTING THAT THE SUBPOENA STANDS AND ITSAT THE
SUBPOENA STANDS AND ITS
DEADLINES STAND.
THEYRE NOT INSISTING THESE
BANKS STILL HAVE TO HAND THESE
MATERIALS OVER BY MONDAY.
THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED
COMMITTEES HAVE ALLOWED FOR A
DELAY UNTIL THIS CAN BE
ADJUDICATED IN COURT.
THE BANK-RELATED SUBPOENA TO
DEUTSCHE BANK AND CAPITAL ONE,
THAT WILL HAVE ITS DAY IN COURT ON MAY 22nd.VE ITS DAY IN COURT
ON MAY 22nd. AFTER THE COURT RULES ON THAT
AFTER THE COURT RULES ON THAT
SUBPOENA AND WHETHER OR NOT THE BANKS HAVE TO COMPLY, THE BANKS
BANKS HAVE TO COMPLY, THE BANKS SAY THEY WILL COMPLY WITH THE
SAY THEY WILL COMPLY WITH THE COURTS ORDER.
COURTS ORDER.
THAT IS THE SAME BASIC DYNAMIC
THAT HAPPENED WITH THE OTHER
CONGRESSIONAL SUBPOENA TARGETED
AT THE PRESIDENTS ACCOUNTING
FIRM, MAZARS. THAT SUBPOENA WENT OUT FROM THE
THAT SUBPOENA WENT OUT FROM THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS
OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE A FEW WEEKS EARLIER BEFORE THE BANK ONES.
EARLIER BEFORE THE BANK ONES.
THE DEADLINE ON THAT ONE FROM
MAZARS TO HAND OVER FINANCIAL
MATERIALS RELATED TO PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND THEIR BUSINESSES,
THEIR DEADLINE FOR HANDING STUFF
OVER WAS APRIL 29th. AGAIN, TRUMP SUED EDD EDD TO STO
AGAIN, TRUMP SUED EDD EDD TO STO FROM HANDING OVER MATERIAL.
FROM HANDING OVER MATERIAL.
AGAIN, THE DEMOCRATIC-CONTROLLED
COMMITTEES DECIDED TO RESPECT
THAT LAWSUIT.
THEYVE AGREED TO DELAY THE PRODUCTION DATE ON THATTHE
PRODUCTION DATE ON THAT SUBPOENA, ON THAT ONE INVOLVING
SUBPOENA, ON THAT ONE INVOLVING
THE ACCOUNTING FIRM, MAZARS.
THEYVE GOT THEMSELVES A COURT DATE ON MAY 14th.LVES A COURT
DATE ON MAY 14th. AND, AGAIN, THE COURT WILL RULE
AND, AGAIN, THE COURT WILL RULE
AND MAZARS WILL COMPLY WITH WHATEVER THE COURT ORDER IS.
WHATEVER THE COURT ORDER IS. NOW, HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT TALKED
NOW, HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT TALKED
TO A SINGLE LEGAL EXPERT OR EVEN
A SINGLE WELL-INFORMED REPORTER WHO BELIEVES THAT THE TRUMPRTER
WHO BELIEVES THAT THE TRUMP LAWSUITS TO STOP THOSE SUBPOENAS
LAWSUITS TO STOP THOSE SUBPOENAS
ARE GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE LONG RUN.GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE LONG
RUN.
BUT THEY HAVE SUCCEEDED IN THE SHORT RUN, RIGHT?CEEDED IN THE
SHORT RUN, RIGHT? THEYVE ALREADY CAUSED DELAY.
THEYVE ALREADY CAUSED DELAY. WE WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXPECTING
WE WOULD OTHERWISE BE EXPECTING
REAMS OF TRUMP FINANCIAL
DOCUMENTS INCLUDING PAGES FROM
EACH OF HIS FEDERAL TAX RETURNS
TO BE HANDED OVER TO CONGRESS ON
MONDAY.
THAT HAS TEMPORARILY BEEN PAUSED
WHILE THEY FIGHT THIS OUT IN COURT, BUT THAT DELAY IS ONLY
COURT, BUT THAT DELAY IS ONLY GOING TO LAST SO LONG.
GOING TO LAST SO LONG.
NOBODY THINKS THOSE LAWSUITS ARE
GOING TO SUCCEED IN THE END. THEYRE GOING TO SUCCEED IND.
THEYRE GOING TO SUCCEED IN DELAYING IT UNTIL THEY FAIL, BUT
DELAYING IT UNTIL THEY FAIL, BUT THE DELAY, ITSELF, IS MAYBE WHAT
THE DELAY, ITSELF, IS MAYBE WHAT
THEYRE AFTER.
AND THEN TUESDAY IS THE DEADLINE
FOR DON McGAHN, THE PRESIDENTS
FORMER WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL, WHO
DID DOZENS OF HOURS OF
INTERVIEWS WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL
ROBERT MUELLER, DON McGAHN IS
CITED MORE THAN 150 TIMES IN
MUELLERS REPORT, INCLUDING AS A KEY WITNESS AND A KEY CHARACTER
KEY WITNESS AND A KEY CHARACTER IN MANY OF THE MOST MEMORABLE
IN MANY OF THE MOST MEMORABLE
DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PRESIDENTS
ALLEGED OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE REDACTED
MUELLER REPORT WAS MADE PUBLIC,
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCED THE FIRST WITNESS FROM
THE MUELLER REPORT WHO THEY
WANTED TO APPEAR BEFORE THEM WAS
DON McGAHN.
THEY ISSUED A SUBPOENA TO COMPEL DON McGAHN TO HAND OVERTO COMPEL
DON McGAHN TO HAND OVER DOCUMENTS AND FOR HIM TO TESTIFY
DOCUMENTS AND FOR HIM TO TESTIFY IN PERSON.
IN PERSON. WELL, THE DEADLINE FOR HIM TO
WELL, THE DEADLINE FOR HIM TO
HAND OVER DOCUMENTS COMES FIRST, AND THATS TUESDAY.S COMES FIRST,
AND THATS TUESDAY. NEXT WEEK.
NEXT WEEK.
NOW THE WHITE HOUSE HAS INSISTED THAT THEY WILL FIGHT THE DONSTED
THAT THEY WILL FIGHT THE DON McGAHN SUBPOENA.
McGAHN SUBPOENA.
THEY DONT WANT HIM TO TESTIFY. THEY INSIST THEY HAVE THE MEANS
THEY INSIST THEY HAVE THE MEANS TO STOP HIM FROM HANDING OVER
TO STOP HIM FROM HANDING OVER
DOCUMENTS AND FROM TESTIFYING.
NOBODY HAS SEEN THOSE MEANS IN
ACTION AT THIS POINT.
DON McGAHN AND HIS ATTORNEY HAVE NOT COMMENTED DIRECTLY ON THEIRE
NOT COMMENTED DIRECTLY ON THEIR PLANS IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO
PLANS IN TERMS OF RESPONDING TO THIS SUBPOENA.
THIS SUBPOENA.
WE ASKED MR. McGAHNS LAWYER TONIGHT IF HE INTENDS TO COMPLY
TONIGHT IF HE INTENDS TO COMPLY WITH THE PORTION OF THAT
WITH THE PORTION OF THAT
SUBPOENA THAT REQUIRES McGAHN TO
HAND OVER DOCUMENTS TO CONGRESS
BY TUESDAY.
SO FAR, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.
WELL LET YOU KNOW IF WE DO.
BUT YOU CAN SEE WHY WERE IN
THIS SORT OF UNSETTLED MOMENT.
RIGHT?
THIS UNCERTAIN MOMENT.
WHERE ALL THESE DEADLINES ARE
COMINGE INGING UP AND THE PRESID
HES GOING TO BLOCK ALL OF THIS.
SOMEHOW.
RIGHT?
FORGET THAT BLACK-LETTER STATUTE ABOUT HANDING OVER ANYBODYS TAXE
ABOUT HANDING OVER ANYBODYS TAX RETURNS.
RETURNS.
THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE JUST CANT SEE HIS TAXES.TTEE
JUST CANT SEE HIS TAXES. WELL TELL YOU MORE ON MONDAY.
WELL TELL YOU MORE ON MONDAY. FORGET THATSUBPOENA.
FORGET THATSUBPOENA.
THOSE COMPANIES CANT HAND OVER
THOSE FINANCIAL RECORDS EITHER
FROM PRESIDENT TRUMPS BANKS OR
FROM HIS ACCOUNTING FIRM.
FORGET THOSE SUBPOENAS.
THEYRE JUST NOT GOING TO -- FORGET THAT OTHER SUBPOENA TO
FORGET THAT OTHER SUBPOENA TO THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL.
THE WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL.
HE CANT HAND OVER DOCUMENTS. HE CANT TESTIFY.R DOCUMENTS.
HE CANT TESTIFY.
IN FACT, THE WHITE HOUSE NOW ASSERTS AND THE PRESIDENT NOW
ASSERTS AND THE PRESIDENT NOW ASSERTS NOBODY CAN TESTIFY.
ASSERTS NOBODY CAN TESTIFY. NOBODY CAN HAND OVER DOCUMENTS.
NOBODY CAN HAND OVER DOCUMENTS.
THE PRESIDENT SAID THIS PAST WEEK, "WE ARE FIGHTING ALL THE
WEEK, "WE ARE FIGHTING ALL THE SUBPOENAS."
SUBPOENAS."
AND THAT IS A LITTLE NUTTY,
RIGHT?
THAT IS A LITTLE CRAZY. BUT THAT IS ALSO WHAT IT WAS
BUT THAT IS ALSO WHAT IT WAS LIKE AT THIS MOMENT EXACTLY 45
LIKE AT THIS MOMENT EXACTLY 45 YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. IN MAY 1974.
IN MAY 1974.
NBC PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN
MICHAEL BESCLOSH WAS TWEETING
ABOUT THIS TODAY.
HES THE KIND OF PRESIDENTIAL
HISTORIAN WHO GIVES YOU A LITTLE
CONSTRUCTIVE GIBLET EVERY SINGLE
DAY THAT HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND
THE CURRENT NEWS.
BUT YOU SEE THE HEADLINE THERE
FROM "THE NEW YORK TIMES"," MAY
1974.
"NIXON REJECTS SUBPOENAS, TELLS RODIN HREJECTS SUBPOENAS, TELLS
RODIN H RODINHO HELL GET NO MORE
RODINHO HELL GET NO MORE
WATERGATE DATA."
HE HAD THE JOB THEN JERRY NADLER
HAS TODAY.
THERES NIXON SAYING RODINO WILL
GET NO MORE WATERGATE DATA. OH, HOW FAR, WE HAVENT COME,
OH, HOW FAR, WE HAVENT COME, RIGHT?
RIGHT?
AND LOOKING BACK ON WHAT NIXON
WAS TRYING TO DO BACK THEN,
LOOKING BACK NOW, WITH THE
ADVANTAGE OF HINDSIGHT, WE, OF
COURSE, KNOW NIXON WAS DOOMED TO
FAIL IN THAT HARDLINE STANCE.
BUT BACK IN MAY 1974, AMERICANS
DIDNT KNOW HOW THAT WAS GOING
TO END UP.
CONGRESS DIDNT KNOW HOW THAT
WAS GOING TO END UP.
IT WAS A TIME OF UNCERTAINTY AND
FRUSTRATION AND, HONESTLY, SOME
FEAR.
>> GOOD EVENING.
PRESIDENT NIXON TODAY LAID DOWN ONE OF THE STRONGEST CHALLENGES
ONE OF THE STRONGEST CHALLENGES ANY PRESIDENT HAS EVER PUT TO
ANY PRESIDENT HAS EVER PUT TO ANY CONGRESS.
ANY CONGRESS. HE TOLD THE IMPEACHMENT
HE TOLD THE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATORS IN THE HOUSE OF
INVESTIGATORS IN THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES THAT HE WILL NOT COMPLY WITH THE JUDICIARYILL NOT
COMPLY WITH THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES LATEST SUBPOENA FOR
COMMITTEES LATEST SUBPOENA FOR 11 11 WHITE HOUSE TAPES AND THE
11 11 WHITE HOUSE TAPES AND THE
PRESIDENT ADDED HE WILL DECLINE
TO COMPLY WITH ANY FUTURE
SUBPOENAS.
HE TOLD THE COMMITTEE HE HAD
GIVEN IT ALL THE WATERGATE MATERIAL IT NEEDS, AS HE HAS
MATERIAL IT NEEDS, AS HE HAS SAID BEFORE.
SAID BEFORE.
>> PRESIDENT NIXON USED FAMILIAR
WHITE HOUSE ARGUMENTS AND FIRM
LANGUAGE IN REFUSING TO ANSWER
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEES
SUBPOENAS.
.
HE WROTE CHAIRMAN RODINO, "THE COMMITTEE HAS THE FULL STORY OF
COMMITTEE HAS THE FULL STORY OF WATERGATE INSOFAR AS IT RELATES
WATERGATE INSOFAR AS IT RELATES
TO PRESIDENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND
PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS.
PRODUCTIONS OF THESE ADDITIONAL
CONVERSATIONS WOULD MERELY PROLONG THE INQUIRY WITHOUT
PROLONG THE INQUIRY WITHOUT YIELDING SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE."
YIELDING SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE." >> THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT
>> THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT
SPELL OUT AN EASY SOLUTION TO
THIS KIND OF CONFRONTATION.
CONGRESS COULD VOTE TO CITE THE
PRESIDENT FOR CONTEMPT, BUT THAT
WOULD NOT PRODUCE THE EVIDENCE
AND MR. NIXON AND HIS LAWYER ARE
CONFIDENT THAT A CONTEMPT OF
CONGRESS CITATION WOULD NOT BE
AN IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
>> THAT THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
WHERE THE CHALLENGE FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE WAS RECEIVED TODAY,
THERE WAS STRONG REACTION.
>> NO MEMBERS OF THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE APPEARED SURPRISED AT
THE PRESIDENTS REFUSAL, BUT
THEY WERE DISTURBED AND UNHAPPY
ABOUT IT.
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ALIKE.
CHAIRMAN RODINO PRONOUNCED IT A GRAVE MATTER.NO PRONOUNCED IT A
GRAVE MATTER.
OTHER MEMBERS HAD THIS RESPONSE.
>> I THINK HE DOES HURT HIS
CAUSE BEFORE THE COMMITTEE BY
HIS FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH WHAT
I THINK IS A REASONABLE REQUEST FOR INFORMATION WHICH THEEQUEST
FOR INFORMATION WHICH THE
COMMITTEE OUGHT TO HAVE.
>> ITS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT THEIR MAN OF
DETERMINE WHAT THEIR MAN OF ACTION
ACTION
ACTION IS OVER THERE. CERTAINLY IT IS TO DELAY AND
CERTAINLY IT IS TO DELAY AND OBSTRUCT AND MAKE OUR JOB AS
OBSTRUCT AND MAKE OUR JOB AS
DIFFICULT AS POSSIBLE.
>> SEE, THERES NOTHING NEW
UNDER THE SUN.
THE PRESIDENT NOW IS LITERALLY SAYING CONGRESS SHOULDNT BELLY
SAYING CONGRESS SHOULDNT BE LOOKING ANYMORE, THIS ALLIS ALL,
LOOKING ANYMORE, THIS ALLIS ALL,
ITS DONE.
HE SAID HE WILL NOT ALLOW WHITE
HOUSE COUNSEL DON McGAHN TO
TESTIFY.
WE KNOW HES NOW SUING IN COURT
TO STOP THE HANDING OVER OF ANY
DOCUMENTS RELATED TO HIM AND HIS
CAMPAIGN AND HIS WHITE HOUSE.
PRESIDENTS HAVE TRIED THIS
BEFORE.
I MEAN, LOOK AGAIN AT THAT
HEADLINE.
"NIXON TELLS JUDICIARY CHAIRMAN
HE WILL GET NO MORE WATERGATE DATA."L GET NO MORE WATERGATE
DATA."
THE UNSETTLED PLACE THIS COUNTRY
WAS IN.
WE LOOK BACK ON THAT HEAD HOOINL
FROM MAY 1974 AND KNOW HOW THAT
WORKED OUT IN THE END.
WE KNOW NOW THAT WAS A NICE TRY BY NIXON.OW THAT WAS A NICE TRY
BY NIXON.
BRAVE FACE FORWARD AND ALL THAT.
BUT NO.
BY JULY OF THAT YEAR, NIXON WAS
TOLD HE MUST SURRENDER. NIXON PLEDGES FULL COMPLIANCE.
NIXON PLEDGES FULL COMPLIANCE. LOOK AT THE SUBHEAD THERE.
LOOK AT THE SUBHEAD THERE. "PRESIDENT BOWS."
"PRESIDENT BOWS."
LOOK AT THE SUBHEAD UNDER THAT
ONE, TOO.
"BUT HIS LAWYER INDICATES THERE
MAY YET BE A DELAY IN YIELDING THE DATA." A DELAY IN YIELDING
THE DATA." THEYRE STILL TRYING TO SLOW IT
THEYRE STILL TRYING TO SLOW IT
DOWN EVEN WHEN THEY HAD LOST THAT DRAMATICALLY.Y HAD LOST
THAT DRAMATICALLY. YES, THIS FEELS LIKE A VERY
YES, THIS FEELS LIKE A VERY
UNSETTLED TIME.
YOU ARE RIGHT TO FEEL THAT WAY,
RIGHT?
WITH WHAT WEVE BEEN THROUGH OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS.
OVER THE PAST COUPLE WEEKS. WITH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH JUST
WITH WHAT WE WENT THROUGH JUST
TODAY WITH THE OTHER WORLD
PRESIDENT WHO IS THE SUBJECT OF
ROBERT MUELLERS REPORT STICKING
HIS HAND UP THE BACK OF OUR
PRESIDENTS SUIT JACKET AND
MOVING OUR PRESIDENTS MOUTH.
ITS OKAY TO FEEL UNSETTLED BY
THAT.
I MEAN, WITH THESE DEADLINES
BEARING DOWN ON US, JUST IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, AS THE
WHITE HOUSE AND THE PRESIDENT
AND THE PRESIDENTS LAWYERS AND
HIS ATTORNEY GENERAL ALL SEEM
FIRMLY SET ON THE COURSE OF
MASSIVE CONFRONTATION, OF
BLOWING THROUGH THE GUARDRAILS,
OF GETTING WHAT THEY WANT AT ANY
COST. BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY
BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY PLAYERS ON THE FIELD.
PLAYERS ON THE FIELD.
AND HONESTLY, NO MATTER WHAT ANYBODY TELLS YOU AND HOW IT
ANYBODY TELLS YOU AND HOW IT MIGHT SOMETIMES FEEL, ITS NOT
MIGHT SOMETIMES FEEL, ITS NOT
LIKE WE ARE A COUNTRY THAT HASNT DEALT WITH THIS SORT OF
HASNT DEALT WITH THIS SORT OF THING BEFORE.
THING BEFORE.
WEVE DEALT WITH EXACTLY THIS
KIND OF THING BEFORE. AND WE KNOW HOW IT WORKED OUT.
AND WE KNOW HOW IT WORKED OUT. ONE OF THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC
ONE OF THE LEADING DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TODAY
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TODAY
DEMANDED THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENTS INSPECTOR GENERAL
DEPARTMENTS INSPECTOR GENERAL OPEN AN INQUIRY INTO WHETHER
OPEN AN INQUIRY INTO WHETHER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN TELLING
PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS BEEN TELLING
HIS JUSTICE DEPARTMENT TO START
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS INTO HIS POLITICAL ENEMIES.TIONS INTO HIS
POLITICAL ENEMIES. ITS THE SCARIEST POSSIBLE
ITS THE SCARIEST POSSIBLE ALLEGATION, RIGHT?
ALLEGATION, RIGHT?
BUT WE FACED ALLEGATIONS LIKE
THAT BEFORE, TOO.
AND WHEN PEOPLE HAVE FOUGHT BACK AGAINST THAT IN HISTORY, THEBACK
AGAINST THAT IN HISTORY, THE PEOPLE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST IT
PEOPLE FIGHTING BACK AGAINST IT HAVE WON.
HAVE WON.
THESE FIGHTS, THEYRE NOT UNPRECEDENTED, BUT THESE FIGHTS
UNPRECEDENTED, BUT THESE FIGHTS ARE NOW THE FIGHTS OF OUR
ARE NOW THE FIGHTS OF OUR
GENERATION, TOO. AND SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS IS