becomes a completely different question the day after election day if the democrats have won the house of representatives. because at that point you have to know if i take this job i am probably going to be an impeachment lawyer. you re probably going to be an impeachment lawyer and you re probably on the wrong side of history. and i think people are thinking about what s their legacy. these are reeally, really important employment opportunities for lawyers. it s not the supreme court, but it s one of the best jobs you can get as a lawyer in terms of can creating your career. you have to think about what it does for your career and what role it plays in this democracy and what side of history you want to be on. there used to be no greater honor than representing the president of the united states. and coming up, long time new york socialist once said you do not know anyone as stupid as donald trump, and bob woodward s new book that he was absolutely right, especially when you hea
who s blabbing of course to press and the book authors. when they tried a trial run of an interview, it was just a train wreck. so the notion he would be sent out under oath to talk to the special prosecutor is really absurd. but it s so interesting, of course, about the anonymous op-ed writer is there s so many candidates, so many people who may be disloyal to donald trump. and at this point he doesn t know who that person is. he s probably meeting with that person some time during the day, could be a family member perhaps. he doesn t know. maya, the idea of joining the white house counsel office becomes a completely different question the day after election day if the democrats have won the house of representatives. because at that point you have to know if i take this job i am probably going to be an impeachment lawyer. you re probably going to be
depending, of course, on what sort of report special counsel robert mueller issues regarding obstruction of justice. and so there is concern that trump is not prepared for that, that he hasn t hired the kind of lawyers to his legal team who can really manage an impeachment battle with congress. he certainly has in rudy giuliani a fierce and vocal defender and somebody willing to wage this public relations battle with mueller, but he s not exactly what a lot of trump allies believe the president would need in an impeachment lawyer. but there s also concern that the white house itself has not built the infrastructure necessary to manage all of these investigations and these subpoenas. the white house counsel s office had 35 lawyers at one time, now it s down to 25. mcgahn is leaving, but so, too, have a number of his deputies in the counsel s office. so there are vacancies there to be filled. then you look at the communications operation in the white house. they do everything they can to
preparing to fight the potential subpoena from mueller, the former mayor and prosecutor we will move to squash the subpoena and we are pretty much finished with the memoranda of posting subpoena. adding that to the attorneys are ready to argue at the supreme court if i ve ever got there. and reportedly expecting emmet flood to play a big role in the legal fight. joining a man, and serving as bill clinton s impeachment lawyer, has cautioned the president that a subpoena fight could be decided that the nation s highest court. that would be unprecedented. during the clinton administration independent counsel serving book planted with a subpoena, but it was withdrawn after clinton agreed to testify. so, sean spicer. where are we with the subpoena fights? going to do an interview, not going to do an interview. when is it going to happen? sean: i am not a lawyer, just to be clear. this is the posturing that you do ahead of time. want to make it clear what you
certainly political, but at this point, it doesn t make sense for nunez to go as far as he has gone. he is responsible for doing the investigation. he should be in the judicial role. i think it is i should note that you re an impeachment lawyer. i may be the only one. if you re watching this out there, and you re in need of an impeachment lawyer, he is your guy. i feel safer. there is a legal investigation happening, but no matter what he decides can will end up as a political choice. it is by definition a political choice. and say nunez does go