Trump lawyers deny Congress's authority on presidential crimes
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Rachel Maddow reports on a court hearing on the House Oversight Committee's subpoena of Donald Trump's financial documents in which Trump's lawyers appeared to baffle the judge with their argument that Congress does not have the authority to investigate the president for violations of criminal law.May 15, 2019
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