we ll leave that in the 9th circuit. just for people at home, jay, you getting to appeal this decision is not a big win because when they appeal out there, does that mean they won? no. but the bigger issue for people at home is why not just turn over the taxes? why not just turn over the taxes? well, we re not required to. when the people elected the president to become the president, he had not issued his tax return. it s not required in the constitution. so what? because the constitution doesn t require it, chris. but that doesn t mean the constitution says you shouldn t. go ahead. make whatever point you want. chris, the constitution is not a negative inference, it s a set of positive rights that exist. and responsibilities and duties. okay. so let s talk about this. you mentioned that the d.a. is asking for the same thing that congress is asking for. you re 100% correct. we re friends, we agree.
to lead. that s where a lot of times when people look at public opinion polls, it s america s knee-jerk reaction to get out of any war, i understand that because they have to have leaders that explain why we re doing it. we re generally a pretty peaceful country. when the president says i m getting out because of all these reasons, tax about endless war, the reality is terrorism s real. and the decision to end a war is not really ours to make when you have a whole group of folks who say, look, we re going to go and create a terrorist attack, whether it s in iraq or the united states, that s not our choice. they haven t changed their mind on it. so, yes, it may have been a campaign promise, but when you become president, i think it has to be more than a campaign promise. and secondarily, too, what we re talking about is the exact kind of fight that those that were against, for instance, the iraq war and everything else were talking about. you know, a small group of american soldiers tha
it could affect the outcome of our election. i have never been overly critical of the president. i truly respect the office of the president as someone who served for 20 years in the military. i really just wish that he respected the office the same way that i do and my colleagues do. are you behind the democratic efforts to get the president s taxes? that s part of a big decision today in federal court. a district court judge said that the president is not immune to all criminal process and this request from the ways and means should go forward. it was then stayed, that decision, pending appeal. are you behind those efforts to get the taxes? . chris, i m behind all efforts to lead to transparency. it s important to understand what the president s associations are, the which bus dealings. the more intertwined things with ukraine, turkey, calling on china, russia, it all becomes
manhattan district attorney you can have his taxes either. the judge agreed the district attorney can have his taxes but that decision was stayed pending appeal. big win, say the president s attorney jay sekulow. and he says impeachment will be a big win as well. counsel joins us tonight. thank you as always, sir. thanks, chris. thanks for having me. help me understand this. how is the district saying i reject all of your arguments, turn over the taxes a win? it s a win because the u.s. court of appeals for the second circuit literally within about ten minutes of us filing the application for stay granted it and noted, the unique issues raised by this appeal because it s the constitutional issues we raised here. i want to say something here. there are 5,000 d.a. and
george tiaffay, his face almost serene, absorbed the verdict. it was so much relief. closure. it was just this big weight taken off my shoulders, you know, because i felt this entire time that shauna hasn t had a voice in this. and, i ve been so worried about representing her right and saying the right things, and making sure that i portray her as the the wonderful person that she was. both george and noel were sentenced to life. george has no chance at parole. but what felt like justice to some, to others, did not. and here s this little kid who was happy-go-lucky and smart and valedictorian, the football player and the west point grad and the upstanding guy you could all look up to. yeah. right. good guy. reporter: locked away forever. he s gonna be in that horrible place. i hope, pending appeal, he finds purpose for himself there, and i think he will.