Judge: Former White House Counsel must testify but can invoke executive privilege "where appropriate;" Subpoena indicates Fed interest in Giuliani's business; President Trump and GOP embrace Ukraine 2016 election conspiracy theory

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🗓️ 26 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Judge: Former White House counsel must testify but can invoke executive privilege "where appropriate;" Federal judge on President Trump's attempt to prevent former White House counsel from testifying: "Presidents are not kings;" Subpoena indicates Fed interest in Giuliani's business; President Trump and GOP embrace Ukraine 2016 election conspiracy theory; Rick Perry: President Trump was "ordained by God" to be president; Ousted Navy Secretary: President Trump decision on Navy Seal says "that you can get away with things"To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	A federal judge, Hans President Trump, a major defeat gives impeachment investigators
0:05.6	a big boost and sends a clear signal to anyone who's thinking about testifying but holding
0:10.8	back for now.
0:12.4	Looking at you, John Bolton.
0:14.4	John Berman here in Foranterson, late today, district judge Katanjee Brown, Jackson
0:19.0	Rule, the former White House counsel and Mueller star witness Don McGann must comply with
0:24.3	the House's subpoena.
0:25.7	And though her decision permits McGann to exert executive privilege at appropriate moments,
0:30.4	it also makes very clear there is no basis for the White House claim that McGann is absolutely
0:35.9	immune from being compelled by Congress to testify.
0:39.9	Absolute immunity is not a thing she writes at all.
0:44.7	Presidents are not kings, she adds.
0:47.0	So it's a very busy night.
0:48.4	There is also a new reporting about acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney's role
0:52.0	in the Ukraine affair.
0:53.7	And a subpoena linking Rudy Giuliani to a new and broad federal investigation of his
0:58.3	associates and apparently now his company.
1:01.9	Plus what the lawyer for one of those associates says that could implicate Congressman Devon
1:06.2	Nunes, top Republican on the Intelligence Committee, in efforts to get dirt on Joe Biden.
1:11.7	Oh yeah, and the president fires his Navy secretary.
1:14.7	And the Navy secretary fires back.
1:16.9	We begin though with the court ruling and CNN's Jim Acosta lie for us at the White House
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