it appears the committee is looking at. i asked adam schiff about this sort of conspiracy to commit a kill. he said that's absolutely what they are looking at. but if you could speak to tis comments there about executive privilege? >> executive privilege is a concept that goes all the way back to george washington that basically there is a zone of accuracy around the president that can't be pierced. and president trump -- excuse me, donald trump is right. there is a way for him to exert executive privilege. he's got to be the executive. i know he things he could be appointed or instuld president next month or last month or something like that. barring anything like that, as the former guy he can't exert executive privilege. the supreme court has been clear on this in the nixon case, this is the quote, the executive privilege is not for the benefit of the president as an individual but for the benefit of the republic. and the person that's best situated to assess what is to the benefit of the republic when