what he hopes will come out of the hearings. mueller investigation revealed a lot of conduct by the president which the american people should be aware of. the president and the attorney general have systemically lied to the american people about what was in the report. they said no obstruction, no collusion. he was exonerated. all those three times are not true. it s important the american people understand what was in that report. thanks to our team we also learned today nadler is targeting another key witness in this investigation. our own mike memory with us in a moment reporting the chairman is compelling testimony from one don mcgahn. he can speak to possible obstruction and then some as he was one of the de facto narrators of the mueller report. with that, here for our lead off discussion on a tuesday night. ashley parker, white house reporter for the washington
democrats think they need mcgahn to make the impeachment case. democrats believe the courts are in a state of mind and they believe this is not typical times and mcgahn s testimony is critical and they can bring him in. this might take weeks or months. a consequential night. a thanks to ashley, mimi, tim, and mike. and coming up for us, he may not be in the hearing room tomorrow, but he s already made his presence known. attorney general barr already got out in front of the mueller report before the rest of us could see it. took a huge body blow for his boss. and later, it s how the mueller report started. what russia did to us and could do again. will we hear about that again tomorrow as the 11th hour is just getting started on this tuesday night.
house democrats met again today preparing for tomorrow. they say their questions will be coordinated and in order and not random. this evening the judiciary committee chairman jerry nadler, democrat of new york described what he hopes will come out of the hearings. mueller investigation revealed a lot of conduct by the president which the american people should be aware of. the president and the attorney general have systemically lied to the american people about what was in the report. they said no obstruction, no collusion. he was exonerated. all those three times are not true. it s important the american people understand what was in that report. thanks to our team we also learned today nadler is targeting another key witness in this investigation. our own mike memory with us in a moment reporting the chairman is compelling testimony from one don mcgahn. he can speak to possible obstruction and then some as he
he s going to interpret everything he learns on the go as empowering him to do whatever he wants to do. that s not going to be a new phenomenon. the problem we re seeing in this is there s no counterforce. there s no one in the gop specifically who is saying no, you re demeaning the office. no, you re redefining the office in the wrong direction, and we as a party and as a country should hold this institution in a different regard. mike, you get the final 30 seconds. can the house compel don mcgahn to come in? this is going to be a real fight. what democrats are hoping tomorrow is mueller helps them make the case legally for why it s critical to bring him in. mcgahn is perhaps the most critical witness. the contradiction is not courts, you may need an impeachment process already underway to pierce that executive privilege which the white house says bars mcgahn from testifying and democrats think they need mcgahn to make the impeachment case. democrats believe the courts are
house that moves judicial nominations forward to confirmation. counsel s office. and the person who is in charge of that also happens to be the singularly most competent person in the white house, one don mcgahn. so don mcgahn has seen everything, knows everything and don mcgahn is going to tell the truth. and that is why the president had a meltdown because he figured out probably this weekend that, no, the guy who is the white house counsel is not your lawyer and he didn t lie for you. really quick, frank, we re way over. do you think that firing don mcgahn is off the table for the president? would that be viewed as obstruction of justice? is he stuck with don mcgahn and his truth telling in his open line to bob mueller? i think he s boxed, strapped in the corner. i think he wants to, he knows he can t do it and it s going to drive him crazy increasingly. i think he wants to because he called him king kong. thank you. after the break prosecutors are reportedly preparing c