this is right, then. ty cobb represents the presidency. he works for the government. so president trump doesn t have the same kind of attorney-client privilege with him. that s right. actually, one of the unresolved questions is what kind of attorney-client privilege government lawyers have with their clients within the government. it s quite clear that john dowd, who is an oud lawyer, has an attorney-client privilege with donald trump, the human being. but how much can be protected in conversations within the government between don mcgahn and the president, between ty cobb and the president, among those lawyers who work for the government, that s a complicated and unresolved question. and i think john dean is right that when the two lawyers speak, it s not exactly clear what the privilege is. what is clear is if you re talking loudly in a restaurant, anybody can listen. carl, would breaking watergate have been easier if john dean and other were
well as mccan both respect the office of the president, that s who their client is. the only one that really has attorney-client privilege is dowed. so he is the one that apparently is asking for more be withheld as is mcbegan. tie cob. and mcgentleman is the one whose withholding. it s an interesting set of conflicts there given who they re client is. that s interesting john and jeff, this is right that tie cob represents the presidency. he works for the government. so president trump doesn t have the same kind of attorney-client privilege with him? that s right. one of the unresolved questions is what kind of attorney-client privilege government lawyers have with the president. it s clear dowed has a