address so combative or newsworthy. these kind of legal addresses aren t usually in the news at all. and critics are pointing to the typing amidst reports that impeachment has strained his relationship with trump, that barr reportedly declined to give a press conference clearing trump of any ukraine wrongdoing, and after cameras caught barr having what looked like at least an animated discussion through the windows of the white house, you see it right there. i am joined by dania perry, who is a former u.s. assistant attorney in the famed southern district of new york. thanks for being here. thanks, ari. happy to be here. have you ever seen an attorney general do anything like that? i have not. this was, as you say, a highly unusual and very partisan speech. he did not need to be, you know, deliver that kind of screed, as you say. not just the shredding of norms and not just sort of a new gloss on executive power and on the
this comes after a hearing-packed week on capitol hill, filled with bombshell testimony from four former and current administration officials as part of house s impeachment inquiry into president trump. joining me now to break it all down, msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos and former federal prosecutor dania perry. we learned a lot of details this week from all of the testimony. so let s recap what we learned, person by person, starting with fiona hill, the former top aide on russia told lawmakers that rudy giuliani and eu ambassador gordon sondland circumvented the process to run a shadow campaign in ukraine. and testified john bolton was so alarmed he told her it go to white house lawyers saying i m not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up and calling rudy giuliani a hand grenade. dania, what is your biggest take-away from this? i think what we ve seen over the past week, a steady stream of witnesses, who are