attorney s office who s involved in this case, they don t want to be in a position where they have to answer to a state judge why documents that were received under grand jury secrecy rules, why those documents came out in public. as chuck rightly put it for folks that somehow this goes to the supreme court, if it does, and it doesn t go in the president s favor, that, you know, a couple of days later we re going to be on tv talking about and looking at the president s tax returns, that s not going to happen. those documents have to be turned over under grand jury secrecy rules. to put a bow under what pete and chuck were alluding to earlier with respect to this decision, and i know chuck was interested in this, the judges here directly dressed the issues of what they re ruling on here and they say this appeal does not require us to consider whether the president is immune to indictment and prosecution while in office nor to consider whether the president may lawfully be ordered to pro
about iphone design tonight, but not this yet. phil mattingly, thank you very much for being with us. appreciate it. for analysis of a decision that upholds a precedent the judge and others call the watergate roadmap, which helped lead to the downfall of richard nixon, we have former nixon white house counsel and watergate whistle-blower john dean, legal analyst elliot williams and adviser to four former presidents, david gergen, elliot, there are two separate things that happened here, and, yes, this was specifically about the mueller documents, but put that aside because legally speaking, i think the more important part of this has to do with legitimizing the current house impeachment inquiry. how significant of a ruling is that? it s profoundly significant because what you have is a court saying now that what an impeachment proceeding is, is a judicial proceeding. now, that s relevant in the law. the grand jury s secrecy rules,
constitution and the emergency emergency that the administration has tried to block the house from seeing is critical to our work. and doug collins writes, this ruling is dangerous for every american. the grand jury secrecy rules protect innocent people against public disclosure of information and hearsay that could unfairly harm them. the white house has had no comment on that decision. collins says he s looking forward to an expeditious appeal. the judge also ruled the democrat s impeachment inquiry is valid even though the house has yet to vote on it. democrats are examining whether president trump obstructed the investigation into russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, and the president s conduct on withholding security assistance to ukraine. democrats charged the president used that aid to force a politically motivated investigation into the bidens. there are no public events to the president today although he s automobiles available on
district attorney s office you are entitled to your subpoena and the documents have to be turned over. at that point it is a grand jish docume jury document. and because of the secrecy rules, no he those documents, t can t become public for you and i to see unless it is brought forward in a criminal case. so it could be mentioned potentially one day in an indictment, it could be listed as the evidence or included within the charging documents, it could come up later in a trial for somebody should they be charged. but this goes way down the line and it would be illegal for somebody in the district attorney s office to say hey, now that we have the documents, ali, take a look. so it is not a guarantee that we will actually see these at some point again if the courts rule completely in the district attorney s office s favor. tom, thank you as always. just are continue trudeau barely wins another term as prime minister of canada and in israel, a political stalemate
wraps saying he was making a quote categorical and limitless assertion of presidential immunity. a federal appeals court immediately granted a temporary stay until he completes an expedited review. even if the president s taxes are handed over in the end, they will be covered by grand jury secrecy rules. they would likely only become public if they were used as evidence at a trial. ahead, president trump saying he s not siding with dictators by removing american troops from syria. members of his own party are saying he s leaving allies high and dry. live in the middle east next. my joints. they hurt.