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The committee members have left open the door a possibility to potentially another public hearing to be able to present this information in a more digestible way to the public. another thing that committee members are going to have to decide on is, what is going to have to happen to president trump and those house republicans, including the likely next speaker of the house, kevin mccarthy who ignored the committee subpoenas for testimony for documents? should they face possible criminal referral...

Numbers of people who are similarly situated in terms of the discussion she was having that youve mentioned. so its very important for us to speak with her and, as i said, i hope she will agree to do so voluntarily. but im sure well contemplate a subpoena if she wont. >> you called it a victory for the rule of law when on friday a jury convicted former trump adviser steve bannon on two counts of criminal contempt of congress by refusing to cooperate with subpoenas from your committee. bannon ind...

Cooperating and then a couple weeks ago it seems all of a sudden he decided he did not want to appear. i would suggest that we remember a couple of names, bill barr showed up and john dean showed up during watergate. they are white house counsel. it is to the office of the president. they are not a personal attorney. i dont know why pat cipollone is all of a sudden trying to exit stage right, but its -- i know that he has critical firsthand evidence that the committee needs. >> the committee rea...

Going forward. we know bannon is getting a trial this summer. what happens to meadows? >> this is where the justice department can act aggressively and garland can act aggressively. there can be a trial for meadows. these arent very complicated questions. they were asked to cooperate, theyre both refusing to do so. and the clock is ticking. clearly, the strategy is to run out the clock. the republicans hope to regain control of the house can dissolve this committee. where garland can act aggress...

>> thanks for having me. so as we continue to learn more about what the january 6 investigation is, in fact, uncovering, key trump allies facing subpoenas have adopted the former presidents tried and true legal strategy -- run out the clock. according to "the new york times," trump loyalists like mark meadows, roger stone, theyre hinging their legal hopes on a future republican congressional majority when new house leaders may simply drop their inquiries. "new york times" report and msnbc cont...

Powell and others. theres a lot there and we need to follow up with him on all of these texts and other documents. and i think we should soon be getting a very large amount of material from the national archives. there may be additional things there that would stimulate the questions. so he is not the only person with information but he has a lot of information that the committee needs. >> congresswoman lofgren, i appreciate your time. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> joining us now is form...

Election, you know, what was in his mind. one of the texts expresses his skepticism about the fraud allegations being made by sidney powell and others. theres a lot there and we need to follow up with him on all these texts and other documents. and i think we should soon be getting a very large amount of material from the national archives. there may be additional things there that would stimulate the questions. so he is not the only person with information but he has a lot of information that t...

Congressional investigators believe donald trumps fist—bumping former right hand man, one—time white house chief of staff mark meadows, played a vital role in that and other attempts to undermine the results of the 2010 election. but having supplied the january 6th committee with documents relating to the day in question, mr meadows has since said he is no longer willing to cooperate, citing executive privilege on behalf of his former boss. his decision to ignore the committees subpoena left...

Weve got more than 25,000 documents in our possession. were working hard to pore through it. and there is no one person that has all the information here. so its a matter of putting all the pieces together as best we can. but we do believe that both clark and eastman have information that the committee needs. they have a right if they think theyre going to be prosecuted on a case by case, question by question basis to assert their fifth amendment right against testifying against themselves. the ...

All the information here. so its a matter of putting all the pieces together as best we can, but we do believe that both clark and eastman have information that the committee needs. they have a right, if they think theyre going to be prosecuted on a case by case, question by question basis to assert their fifth amendment right against testifying against themselves. the committee will then have to make a judgment on whether to allow immunity so we can get the testimony, and thats something that w...