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A different set of operating procedures there. shes claiming she needs to review documents but thats not a valid excuse. i use to issue subpoenas all the time before witnesses had a chance to look at documents, because i wanted them to tell the truth and not be influenced by documents. >> then i wanted to use those documents to impeach the credibility when they lied to. so she is reversing the entire process. history shows this, congressional contempt citations go nowhere. >> we dont have a coun...

Judge. its a different set of operating procedures there. shes claiming she needs to review documents but thats not a valid legal excuse for defying a subpoena. i used to issue subpoenas all the time before witnesses had a chance to look at documents because i wanted them to tell the truth and not be influenced by documents that could form their testimony. then i wanted to use those documents to impeach those documen -- credibility when they lied. so she is reversing the entire process. history ...

Sidney powell joins us now. sidney, welcome, your reaction to this late breaking news on lisa page. >> shannon, thats extremely poor lawyering. absolutely remarkable on a number of levels. first of all, the fbi never allows anyone that they are interviewing to see the documents that they are going to be asked about before answering questions. secondly, lisa page was probably the author or recipient of all of those documents that she would be asked about. and thirdly, it makes no sense at all for...

>> if the documents are not provided for us by the 5th, and if they are not here by july 6th, contempt and impeachment would be in order. >> dagen: contempt and impeep. ment -- impeachment and they wrote in an article that a third option is to jail somebody until they produce the documents. is that where we are going? >> bill: i dont think we are going to jail. contempt citations are issued often. eric holder was hold in contempt. how did it limit him? not at all. one person can insist on gettin...

>> melissa: "we are still getting the facts. we are reviewing our process. its up to all americans to be vigilant. >> kennedy: can i translate that, melissa? it translates in english to "blah, blah, blah." >> lawrence: we realized we must up on this. just like numerous other cases, just like texas, just like all the terror attacks. >> melissa: we gotta go. >> lawrence: the fbi hasnt been doing its work. >> melissa: why lawmakers are weighing in contempt citations for steve bannon and what it cou...

Official. what team meeting with fusion gps for? then you start reading the emails, and you start getting the sense that they were trying to be godlike and trying to impact the election. now here we are saying, maybe we get a fair hearing from this. they are not giving us the documents we requested. >> trish: if he doesnt give you the documents, what will you do? >> we can issue contempt citations from congress and get a vote on it, but the other thing is you have to take it to the district cour...

Closer toes -- to dossier. this just days after the house intelligence committee sought contempt citations for the obama era doj and fbi, so that story widening. and remember when officials in puerto rico slammed president trump for not providing enough hurricane relief to the territory, well, now according to bloomberg, puerto ricos governor is handing out more than $100 million in christmas bonuses to government employees despite asking taxpayers to shell out $94 billion for federal -- for rec...

Donald trump, compiled in 2016 by fusion gps and bankrolled by the clinton campaign and of the dnc based in part on russian sources. lawmakers are trying to shed light on whether the obama administration relied on the dossier to justify surveillance against the trump campaign. >> we are trying to work with doj and the fbi, we hope they will comply but if they dont they leave us very few options. we sent subpoenas out in june, july, and august of that still have not been complied with. i think st...

The doj said the members who chose to attend should have a clear understanding of the facts surrounding the matter. earlier tonight president trump tweeting the house of representatives seeks contempt citations against the justice department and the fbi withholding key documents. give this information now. as the president tries to rally his troops trying to get the tax plan passed there are around the clock negotiations not across the aisle but at a dinner at the presidents house. pressure is m...

>> sandra: this is a fox news alert as house investigators get serious in their probe of the anti-trump dossier. fox news is reporting they are seeking contempt citations against the f.b.i. and justice department for refusing to cooperate. welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." im sandra smith. busy morning. >> bill: sure is. hang on. im bill hemmer, good morning, everybody. fox news learning exclusively that a senior counsel for the house intelligence committee is urging the contem...