want to do it voluntarily heats up. this is a lengthy top to bottom defense of the president against the obstruction of justice accusations that he has been facing. it is an argument forw why he cannot be subpoenaed as a matter of law and an argument of why he can t be accused of breaking laws of obstruction of justice no matter what, even if the evidence showed he had corrupt intent when he fired james comey or told him not to go forward with investigating michael flynn. it doesn t matter because they are articulating a sweeping novel theory of presidential power under the constitution under which he cannot be guilty of obstruction of justice because he runs the executive branch and all investigations are subject to his control. novel, charlie? also, as you have so well articulated for us and summarized on the article as
a confidential memo from president trump s legal team, written to special counsel robert mueller. president trump s lawyers claiming in this 20-page document executive power can exempt the president from being subpoenaed. there s more to it. last hour, one of the co-authors spoke with me about that memo. this is a lengthy, top to bottom defense of the president against the obstruction of justice accusations that he has been facing. it is an argument for why he cannot be subpoenaed as a matter of law, and it is an argument for why he cannot be accused of breaking laws against obstruction of justice, no matter what, even if the evidence were to show he had corrupt intend when he fired james comey. nbc news white house correspondent geoff bennet joins us now. as you were poring through the