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returns, and again, with his accountants, that these are documents we need to see and this judge has said that there is a, there is a legitimate legislative purpose for congress to see these documents. and in looking over the key lines of this decision, it says that it s simply not fathomable that a constitution that grants congress the power to remove a president would deny congress the power to investigate him for unlawful conduct, past or present, even without formally opening an impeachment inquiry. that s music to the democrats ears. and they are clearly going to use this document as a reason in the future to try and get more information. that s an important point. absolutely. because the stonewalling from the white house now, with this decision by this federal judge, beginning to show some significant cracks.
president trump inherited an economy from obama/biden administration that was given to him. just like he inherited everything else in his life. [ cheers and applause ] and just like just like everything else he s been given in his life, he s in the process of squandering that as well! the president has more immediate concerns in the 2020 election. house democrats have threatened to test white house stonewalling in the courts and aides to the president say they are fully prepared to wage that battle. and former white house counsel don mcgahn, wolf, he actually faces a critical choice himself. either defy the white house or defy the congress. technically, wolf, he could show up tomorrow, although that doesn t seem likely. see what happens 10:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. jim acosta at the white house, thanks very much. joining us now, republican congressman ben klein of virginia. he s a member of the judiciary committee. congressman, thanks so much for joining us. thanks. you ve
we ll try harder and make it tougher for you to figure it out the next time. reporter: trump talked about sensitive intelligence before at inopportune moments. in may of 2017 the president was criticized for inviting top russian officials into the oval office. and then allegedly telling them about intelligence the u.s. got from another country about isis plots. trump defended his comments but gave away even more information with his answer. just so you understand, i never mentioned the word or the name israel. reporter: but weeks before that in a phone call with the president of the philippines trump divulged that two u.s. nuclear submarines were near the korean peninsula. according to a philippines government transcript of the conversation leaked to the intercept. former spies say the president s tendency to brag about his intelligence could make u.s. officials as well as overseas partners reluctant to share important secrets with him. if the next time you have
ruling said that congress is well within its right. so i m going to read a line from this opinion, where he said that history has shown that congressionally exposed criminal conduct by the president or a high-ranking executive branch official can lead to legislation. he also, this that opinion, cited the watergate investigation. this is a huge win for the house committees that have been seeking donald trump s financial records. now, the judge also, importantly, said that he would not stay or that is, delay the accounting firm s adherence with this subpoena, so donald trump could appeal. so that s also a very critical thing. this does not mean that the accounting firm or donald trump and the trump organization, which has sought to keep these records private, it doesn t mean that they can delay now complying with the subpoena. so it is likely that soon we will start to see some of these financial records from this accounting firm end up with congress and they will begin to have the abili