i happen to know him. it was whitney at the time and he wanted to make clear to the white house that he was differing with the department of justice on some policy and that was by long tradition, and so i think that tradition has continued and so trump, his attorney general might have to wrestle with a problem. harry says he doesn t think they would breach the policy agreement on no indictments. i m not sure if there is anyplace that would be tested out of the southern district. john, christie weighed in on the former white house counsel don mccann who he says is a friend cooperating with mueller. watch this. i will tell you this, that was forced by the lousy legal advice that the president got to waive privilege to the white house counsel and i think it was dumb advice at the time. it put don in the position where he had to give all that
it put don in the position where he had to give all that testimony. and it just was dumb advice from a c-grade legal team. dumb advice from a c-grade legal team? you agree with that? it was stunning. when they gave him permission, dowd and ty cobb, to go ahead and talk almost contemporaneously with events that were unfolding to probably the grand jury at maximum, and at minimum, the top investigators in the special counsel s office. so he unloaded as it was all going along. 30 hours. and they did not claim privilege. they did waive it. so christie nailed that. they could have at least, if they wanted to block the testimony, they could have fought it. attorney-client privilege is a tricky thing for white house counsel. ken starr back during the clinton administration broke right through that privilege when hillary clinton claimed it, and that s the precedent in the district of columbia, that there
in which you can yell at me. i want to ask you one more question. i m mr. mellow now. don mcgahn we re in the same line of work. that s right. don mcgahn spent, as far as we know, at least 30 hours testifying to robert mueller. he found himself in the position that you might have found yourself in if you had accepted a job as white house chief of staff. can you imagine going in to serve this president, ending up spending 30 hours testifying before robert mueller? not a good day. i will tell you this, that was forced by the lousy legal advice that the president got to waive privilege as to the white house counsel. and i think it was dumb advice at the time. it put don in the position where he had to give all that testimony. and it just was dumb advice from a c-grade legal team. all right. what could have been, chris christie as the president s chief of staff, after the break. chief of staff, after the break. . . then i realized something was missing. me. my symptoms were k