They can try but I think they'll lose.
Neal Katyal: “They can try but I think they'll lose.”
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Neal Katyal expresses skepticism about the White House's chances of successfully asserting executive privilege.
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If I had seven folders in my Justice Department office, that -- or seven classified documents, top secret ones in my office, I`d be in jail just for having those documents in my office.
I think it’s very hard for Merrick Garland at this point, not to indict Donald Trump in federal court. He is, you know, looks like the evidence shows. He’s committed really serious, incredibly serious crimes, and the rulebook kind of…
I think that this really almost forces Merrick Garland, given what the Court of Appeal said last week, to do -- to indict Donald Trump there say -- the Court of Appeals saying, this is really serious, there's no abuse of rights.
The party seems so, unfortunately, in the pocket of Donald Trump, that is a possibility.





