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Republicans Stay Silent When It Comes To Trump
Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:39:11
Publish Date: 2021-06-12 03:36:07
Description:

CNN Senior Legal Analyst Laura Coates sits in for Don Lemon. She starts the show by discussing the unprecedented nature of the Trump Administration Department of Justice’s subpoena for Apple data from members of the House Intelligence Committee with CNN White House Correspondent John Harwood. The two also discuss whether it’s plausible that former Attorney General William Barr wasn’t aware of the subpoenas after Barr told Politico that the investigation never crossed his desk. 

Former U.S Representative on the House Intelligence Committee Danny Heck joins to share what he learned from a call with past and present members of the House Intelligence Committee, and he discusses whether his data was subpoenaed. 

With some calling this event “Watergate 2.0,” Laura brings in two experts to compare the Trump subpoenas to the events which transpired in the downfall of Richard Nixon’s presidency. Former Nixon White House Counsel and CNN Contributor John Dean shares that he recalls no action when Nixon tried to use the grand jury subpoena process to obtain information he wanted, and CNN Presidential Historian Timothy Naftali explains that the government under Trump was more compliant to the president’s wishes than the government under Nixon.   

Republican politicians have been silent on the recent news of the Trump DOJ subpoenas. Former Adviser to George W. Bush and John McCain Mark McKinnon and CNN Senior Political Analyst Ron Brownstein join to discuss the Republicans’ commitment to Trump.  

A Chicago police officer was charged with five federal misdemeanors after he allegedly participated in the Jan. 6 insurrection. CNN Correspondent Omar Jimenez reports. 

 

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