we are joined from philadelphia in rmer associate counsel the trump white house james schultz. tell us about your service there. don mcgann, th right. guest: i did. served from the beginning of the administration until the end f the first year as senior associate counsel and special handled ethics and compliance and trade and infrastructure and we all in as it related to the confirmation process. it was a great experience and i glad to be nd i'm back in philadelphia with my family. ost: as you watch from the sidelines you see your former perhaps more than anybody in the mueller report that camp out and the calls -- out and calls for don mcgann to testify what are your on that? guest: i think the democratic the first congress thing they want to hold the in contempt, al subpoena don mcgann and subpoena i think there nd is overreach going on. white house is saying no, no, no but there's good reason. look at the democrats and a broad scope from when don mcgann was counsel to the campaign as a private sector lawyer straight through white house counsel. there are privilege issues all

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