the transcript of nancy pelosi s remarks there. she stepped out, talked to reporters after this closed door meeting concluded and talked about it being mareking a lot of progress in the making. different presentations from different people. she also said jerry nadler spoke. we know as the wall street journal put it this morning democrats are fuming after don mcgahn, former white house counsel to the president, did not show at that hearing. since then jerry nadler has issued two more subpoenas. how far do you think democrats are going to go here? i don t know. i could see them taking it all the way to court. the question comes down to executive privilege. the president has a right to invoke that. it is a time-tested, established legal whatever you call it precedent in this country. and so the president has a right to invoke executive privilege. nadler s view is you didn t invoke it during the mueller report, how can you invoke it now? i think the president will
continue to assert his rights under executive privilege for the rest of the staff. this is lost on a lot of folks. don mcgahn testified for over 30 hours in front of mueller. if mueller had all these investigators to look at all the alleged instances of collusion and again he conclusively said there was nothing. so these guys continue to dig, to look under rocks. they ve been proven wrong so many times it s embarrassing. they re trying to find some way to dignify the false narrative and investigated that they supported all along to make up for the fact they blew the last election. eric: the wall street journal editorial says multiple administrations have held congress cannot compel the appearance of a close advisor to the president. what do you think will happen and likely will, go to court? well, i think i m probably the last anyone should be
he knows it and he is presiding over a clown show that is laughable to anybody who understands the process. sandra: wall street journal editorial board this morning writing don mcgahn immunity. why congress can t force white house counsel to testify and he has every constitutional right not to appear and this isn t even a close legal call writes the editorial board at the wall street journal. breaking news. democrats are in the closed door meeting on investigations and how to proceed with impeachment apparently. we ll see what comes out of that and what s happening on capitol hill. steve mnuchin is testifying under oath right now and was asked about the president s tax returns. this is a live shot on capitol hill where he is being questioned about the president s tax returns, jason. he said under oath that he has never this is just coming into us talked to anyone at the white house or to the president about handing over tax returns to congress.
american people. there is no basis whatsoever for impeachment. the mueller report was conclusive. there was no collusion, there was no obstruction. it is time to move forward and get some stuff done. the push for impeachment got a shot in the arm yesterday when don mcgahn refused to testify before the house judiciary committee. he likely will not be the last former administration official to do that. the committee has now issued subpoenas to hope hicks and annie donaldson, don mcgahn s chief of staff and her notes showed up a number of times in mueller s report. if they refuse to testify you can bet those calls for impeachment will gain even more momentum. one concern among democratic leadership about launching the impeachment process it will consume everything happening in d.c. and stop them from being able to work on their larger legislative goals including a massive infrastructure plan and
meeting with chuck schumer and the president at the white house. what comes from that? the optics of that will be great. i love it when donald trump asks them to keep the cameras rolling. schumer and pelosi won t want that. donald trump the president will want that. to show the contrast and the difference. the problem with pelosi that she is trying to deal with is these renegade members who live in a bubble that is not reflective of the american people. it distracts from the presidential race and from their agenda. i don t think with the thriving economy the democrats have anything to offer the american people other than the perception of chaos. sandra: quite a show yesterday on capitol hill, wasn t it, when chairman jerry nadler made it clear where he stands on his subpoena for former white house counsel don mcgahn who did not show up at that hearing.