Last week in impeachment.

That letter is an astonishing document, Mary.

The White House wrote a letter saying cooperation was not an option.

In terms of an impeachment process that requires accommodation.

It is, as a starting posture, we're not accommodating anyone about anything.

Suck it.

But could giving Congress the finger save the president?

You know, the way I read this letter was almost as if they were like amputating a leg, sort of. So basically, it may hobble them, but it may save the patient in the end.

Yeah, pretty much.

So Jeremy, last week in impeachment, I mean, do you remember last week in impeachment?

I don't remember Tuesday in impeachment, Mary.

Jeremy Stahl is a senior editor at Slate.

This week, he'll be our impeachment guide.

I will do my best to remember Tuesday in impeachment.

I'll say that.

He says the surprising thing about the last couple of days

is the long line of federal employees who are ignoring last week's orders.

Despite instructions from both the White House in that letter and from the Secretary of State,

Mike Pompeo, in a previous letter to say that they would not be allowed or authorized to testify

without White House counsel or State Department counsel present. You know what? They testified

without the counsel present and they seem to be just fine. Fiona Hill testified before lawmakers

for more than nine hours yesterday. Fiona Hill planned to tell lawmakers that the president's

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