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Certify the election and turn it into a crucible moment for democracy. i think theyre really going to try to explain how that happened and who is responsible for it. >> whats the strategy here? is there a potential risk that they run that if it enters a more public phase here, that could deter more people from cooperating? >> well, i think people have made their decisions, by and large, on whether theyre going to be cooperating. you know, i think it remains to be seen whether these contempt cita...

Harass and they try to put their political opponents in jail. in a matter of weeks, the committee has passed three contempt citations. today, we vote on holding mark meadows in contempt of congress. on september 23, 2021, the committee served meadows is subpoena for a sweeping set of documents and a deposition. in october, president trump instructed mr. meadows to maintain his executive privilege in any response to that subpoena. mr. meadows told the select committee he would give them any infor...

Eyes to the 1/6 committee, the only group in town trying to track this down. and laurence tribe said, nearly a year has passed since the insurrection, not one person in power has been held accountable, and not one safeguard for democracy has been added. and some would say, the democrats just arent killers. >> some people wish the democrats would be more aggressive. the committee, i think, has tried to address some of these concerns by, for instance, bringing contempt citations against steve bann...

These contempt citations, the u.s. attorney in the words of the law, shall present it to a grand jury. now, the justice department has traditional viewed that law as discretionary under the belief that the congress cant tell the justice department who to prosecute. but it will be up to the u.s. attorney, and there are several factors weighing i think for and against this. on the one hand, bannons got a claim of executive privilege here, but its weak. the biden administration has waived it. execu...

Office has the right to waive executive privilege which hes done. trump is no longer president. he cant invoke it. so i think its really just a stalling technique. i think bannon may have things to say, but i do agree its also going to kind of set a precedent. if one guy gets away with not responding, then everyone will do it. remember, the reason why were able now to support and enforce subpoenas is because we actually have a justice department doing its job. under the trump administration, the...

You dont call, you dont write, come on, don. >> well, youre back now. >> here we are. >> since that ill start with john. john -- [ laughter ] >> its official steve bannon is defying the select committee subpoena. what are you hearing how they will respond? >> i think they will get tough, don. the indications we have are that the select committee is going to not waste time and go quickly to criminal contempt citations and count on the justice department to prosecute them, enforce them and i think...

Subpoena. what are you hearing how they will respond? >> i think they will get tough, don. the indications we have are that the select committee is going to not waste time and go quickly to criminal contempt citations and count on the justice department to prosecute them, enforce them and i think what were seeing from the biden administration both in this decision by not to invoke executive privilege and also the signals they sent to the committee that they are likely to move ahead with enforcin...

Didnt follow the state passed laws that govern the election for president. >> you think the election was stolen? >> what i said is there are states that didnt follow their legislatively set rules. >> last time, i promise, do you think the election was stolen or not? >> its not just -- its states that did not follow the laws set, which the constitution says theyre supposed to follow. >> that was a hot seat right there. what liz cheney firing back on twitter writing, republicans have a duty to tel...

This is going to be the case if the white house continues to stonewall. i asked a member of the judiciary committee this very question. listen to his answer, and i want to get your response. sounds like democrats are still trying to develop a strategy. >> well, i think we are, and i think the judiciary had the same problem. we were stonewalled. people refused to comply with subpoenas. weve gone to court on contempt citations. but the courts are still ruling and/or theyve been appealed. but i thi...

The survival of american democracy." if he succeeds in getting republicans to do his bidding, all of these contempt citations will have to be done in court. it could cease to be a democracy. this is one of those moments where everything that we care about is at stake. we know that the american people were you have had exhausted. the robert mueller investigation, those that read those 400 plus pages, it became white those to the american people.