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I had michael schmidt on the program to discuss it. it reads as follows. according to people briefed on their efforts, investigators for the committee -- thats the committee you sit on -- are looking into whether a range of crimes were committed including two in particular, whether there was wire fraud by republicans who raised millions of dollars off assertions the election was stolen despite knowing the claims were not true, and whether mr. trump and his allies obstructed congress by trying to...

Investigated for the committee are looking into whether a range of crimes were committed including two in particular. whether there were wire fraud by republicans who raised millions of dollars off assertions that the election was stolen despite knowing the claims were not true. and whether mr. trump and his allies obstructed congress by trying to stop the certification of electoral votes. with all that, lets bring in our lead off guests on this monday night. courtney, white house correspondent ...

Investigation asking him to come in. "the new york times" is reporting that the january 6th investigation is considering making criminal referrals for prosecution along a couple of different lines. this isnt just contempt of congress, people refusing subpoenas or whatever. this is crimes related to january 6th. according to people briefed on their effort, investigators are looking into whether a range of crimes were committed, including two in particular, number one, whether there was wire fraud...

Of congress, refusing the subpoenas or whatever, this is crimes related to january six. according to people briefed on their efforts, investigators from the committee are looking into whether a range of crimes were committed, including two in particular. number, one whether there was a wire fraud, by republicans, who raised millions of dollars off assertions that the election was stolen, despite knowing the claims are not true. number, to the question of whether mr. trump and his allies obstruct...

And the public smoernls does need to know what happens. mitch mcconnell agree with me, but his counterpart in the house, kevin mccarthy does not agree to. and while the curmudgeon from kentucky, he opposed the creation of a bipartisan independent 9/11-style commission to investigate the capitol riot. now, as for the select committee, as it exists now, it has issued a subpoena for this guy, phil waldron. hes a retired army colonel and trump sycophant who helped write a 38-page powerpoint presenta...

The presentation had assertions like china and venezuela taking control of the system and calling to declare electronic voting in all states invalid. the presentation was turned over to the committee by former chief of staff mark meadows. he was held in contempt of congress after failing to comply with his subpoenas. alex jones was supposed to appear today, but that was postponed. roger stone appeared yesterday and pleaded the fifth in response to every question. nbc news learned that homeland s...

They were able to expect and i guess anticipate what would come down the line, the copy cat of the steve bannons, the additional assertions of priv privilege. but neither bannon or mark meadows has a legitimate claim of executive privilege here. mark meadows, he would have a more favorable valid claim of prich lidge to the extent he had privileged communication. but he told the committee what he handed over he does not believe is privileged. they have nothing to do with direct communication with...

Took place for january 6th. to accommodate mr. meadows request is clear he has no intention of compiling with the subpoena even when his testimony could have no confection to the claim and hes refusing and turned over to the committee and assertions of executive decisions. hes refusing to testify about statements in his book published last week and the media about the events of january 6th. this is again another category of statements where any conceivable executive privilege claim that could be...

Cooperate on those matters. that alone is sufficient to advance the referral. but for the sake of argument, lets talk about mr. meadows privilege assertions. the select committee is not able to assess whether mr. meadows is making those assertions in good faith because he wont even come in and address them on a question by question basis as required. i have my view of whether he made these claims in good faith because ive seen him on television talking about his conversations with the president ...

We are getting a comprehensive portrait of what took place on january 6th but mr. meadows testimony is very significant for us. mr. chairman, the committee bent over backwards to accommodate mr. meadows request. he has no intention of complying with the subpoena even when his testimony could have no theoretical connection to an executive privilege claim. for example, he categorically refusing to show up to testify about 9,000 pages of documents he already turned over to the committee, and for wh...