robert mueller s questions? he hasn t weighed in on that. the law in the d.c. circuit is pretty clear. first of all, the law is clear a president can be subpoenaed. no question. jefferson was subpoenaed in 1807. the real question is once a president is subpoenaed, what do you need to do to overcome executive privilege? and even u.s. vs. nixon said, you have got to make a pretty strong showing. you got to remember, leon juwarski was in an excellent possession to make a strong showing that the tapes had to be, the tapes had to be turned over. there is a case, don, from 1997, the d.c. circuit, the law in d.c. now which says, in order to overcome a valid claim of executive privilege, a special counsel has the to show that the evidence he seeks is important and that essentially he can t get it from anybody else. okay.
divest himself of all ongoing business activities, right? well, absolutely. the lawyers are going to be itching at cases all over the country against trump business enterprises. many lawyers are affiliated with the democratic party and they ll be cheered on by the president s political opponents and the jones vs. clinton case said he could be sued in the personal capacity while he s president, could have deposition testimony and all that but we ve been through that with president clinton and if he gets rid of the business empire and sells it, he s going to reduce the risk of frivolous litigation and serious litigation. both risks, substantially, while he s president. okay. an ipo. that s the advice from the man who schooled george w. bush on presidential ethics. richard painter, thank you so