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relationship with donald trump, who is not one the president of the united states, number two an individual, but number three also a candidate for office. now certainly, many of the communications he would have had with donald trump and their capacity as president and vice president, or going to be protected, and frankly ought to be protected assuming they are not talking about breaking the law. now, it gets a little bit more complicated, where if they were talking about purely political matters, purely personal matters, it is good to be something in the court will have to carve up. and, to the point elliott was making, a could take some time to figure out some of these very complicated issues a first impression that court simply have not seen yet. so, there s no telling the timeline of any testimony? there is a deadline on a subpoena obviously, we did not know what that is exactly, we have been asking tonight. the other thing that complicates this, though mike pence really, bookie
could be said over the course of the days leading up to this moment is white house officials are very concerned about the possibility of having a special counsel appointed. they did not think one was merited, and they did not want one you have to do it. now they very clearly have one, made clear that they will cooperate through a. the cooperation is never in question, it was about how things were presented and what they were willing to acknowledge publicly. obviously, there has been divergence in those two issues, and that, according to our colleague evan perez put a role in the decision by the attorney general today. phil mattingly, appreciate it. joining us are to cnn legal analyst and justice department veterans, elie williams and elie honig. elliott, just from a messaging standpoint and accuracy standpoint, the white house could have come out the day president biden spoke. they could ve acknowledge that there are more documents found, being upfront about it, and they did not. t
interview the former president? does that calculation change them recommending an indictment? yeah, this is exactly the point elliott is making as well. they will get plenty of useful information out of the individuals around him, and it s not just obstruction. number one, it s obstruction and mutilation of documents, possibly, mishandling of the defense information and any other statutes compounded by the four former presidents conduct going back months before that search warrant was executed in august. so what i think they would do is build a case around for the president, maybe up to and including him. look, he s done himself no favors by speaking out publicly already through the truths, if you want to call it that, the few statements he put online and so on. he s already out there, frankly, in a way that current president biden is not. now, the question is what he submit to questioning from law enforcement. we will see how that goes. elie, is a coincidence that the attorney gen