caution it s. ron klain having work to the judiciary committee with joe biden when he was chairman and the business of confirming those judges. ron klein told me about is last week of working for the white house that he s their underway fulfilling every vacancy in the federal courts. they might get to a point this year where they re sitting there with no vacancies. wow! that s just an astonishing accomplishment. at a time when it is abundantly clear how very important the judiciary is to be functioning democracy. exactly. we are joined tonight by harvard law officer professor laurence tribe to consider of among other things mike pence s novel to put it kindly, novel notion about why he should testify before a grand jury. novel is one way putting it or, it s account wait to see. it thanks. alex thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump
among other things, mike pence s novel to put it kindly novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i can t wait to see. it thanks, alex. thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump s lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions because of the attorney client privilege. the crime fraud exception can overrule the attorney client privilege. the new york times is reporting tonight federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former president donald j trump s handling of classified documents are seeking to pierce assertions of client attorney privilege and compel lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury according to two people familiar with the matter, adding an aggressive new dimension to the inquiry and und
doing is january 6th hearing asked for his testimony, he said i don t know you guys anything because i m not a member of the legislative branch. i am ali actually he wasn t any longer, i was a member of the executive branch. and now when the judicial branch and a grand jury conducted under the auspices of jack smith in the executive branch asks for his testimony the, chameleon changes colors and he says, oh no i am not really eligible to testify because i am a member of the legislative branch, released a was. it s all false. the fact is, and any event what jack smith wants is not even the speeches or debates that he may have made when have presided in a ceremony a role. he wants to know what trump was,
legislative branch, or at least i was. it s all false. the fact is, and in any event, what jack smith wants, is not even the speeches or debates that he may have made when have presided in a ceremony a role. he wants to know what trump who, i think we all know, was never a member of the legislative branch what trump said to him, in twisting his arm in the white house, which, when i last look, it is not part of the capitol up to january 6th, to try to pressure him into a kind of bloodless coup, and then perhaps what did he say on january 6th? so, this is a crazy argument. it s one that is being augmented by another equally crazy separation of powers argument. i don t think that the chief judge of the district court down there, barrel howell, will