individuals, including don mcgahn, because they say he s immune from this kind of testimony. so again, another dispute between the two branches of government. it could end up in courts, for the court to resolve and democrats hope they re as successful here as they were in this last lawsuit that we just saw moments ago, wolf. and if mcgahn doesn t show up tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., we ll see if nadler, the chairman, places another mpt chair in front of the group of congressmen. stand by for a moment. jeffrey toobin is with us. so on this decision by this federal district court judge, you ve got a 41-page document. i don t know if you ve had a chance to go through it all. but basically sided with house democrats, rejecting the argument of the president and his lawyers that the president s former accounting firm has to hand over all of this information to congress. how big of a deal is this? this one s a big deal, because unlike don mcgahn, unlike the white house itself,
wants. mr. cohen, will you make at the high-profile hearing with former trump fixer moran moen, amash was a rare republican seeking to reveal more details about allegations of trump s unsavory behavior. he speaks in a code. and i understand the code, because i ve been around him for a decade. and it s your sbreimpressiont others who work for him understand the code, as well? most, yes. reporter: amash used to pride himself in never missing a roll call vote, until 2017, when he accidentally missed his first vote because he was talking with reporters about obamacare. the congressman cried. then tweeted, i m sorry. he didn t skboendorse trump in and has not rule d out running for president. would you be willing to run for the white house as the libertarian nominee in 2020? well, i d never rule anything out. that s not on my radar right now. reporter: and just this morning, a michigan state lawmaker announced that he would
records that so far they haven t been able to get, wolf. let me read to you, manu, a quote from this u.s. district court judge s decision. and this is a direct quote. these are facially valid legislative purposes and it is not for the court to question whether the committee s actions are truly motivated by political considerations. this is a significant statement. and remind our viewers, manu, why the house oversight committee wants this investigation from the president s former accounting firm. what s the purpose of trying to obtain it? well, they re trying to follow up on all of the allegations that michael cohen, the former attorney laid out in his high-profile hearing before the house overnight committee in march. you ll recall that he alleged that the president, before he was president, even while president, engaged in some criminal conduct and one of them was how he dealt with trying to purchase the buffalo bills football team. and whether he improperly
the president doesn t control this accounting firm. i mean, this accounting firm has the documents itself. and they are going to have to make this decision about whether they are going to comply with this season. that s a very different scenario than employees or former employees of the white house and whether they comply. so, this accounting firm is going to have a tough choice of what to do. presumably, the president will go to the court of appeals and try to get a stay, but if he doesn t get a stay, i don t know if this accounting firm is willing to go into contempt. that has implications for its business and that, i think, is a very big deal. and much more perilous for the president than entities under which who are under the president s more direct control. i want you to stand by, jeffrey. i want to bring in our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta. jim, first of all, how s the white house responding to this federal judge s ruling on the
our coverage on cnn continues right now. happening now, breaking news. siding with congress. a federal judge tells president trump s longtime accounting firm it will need to turn over his records from before his presidency to the house oversight committee. the silence of mcgahn. the white house steps in to prevent former counsel don mcgahn from testifying to a house panel, arguing that he has immunity. does that mean mcgahn s chair will be empty at tomorrow s judiciary committee hearing? will he be held in contempt? impeachment threshold. a republican lawmaker is the first to say that president trump s behavior has met the threshold for impeachment. congressman justin amash of michigan is doubling down tonight, sending out a fresh round of tweets, even though he s already facing a primary challenge for speaking out.