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Him not to answer questions. this was mr. wray. paul: christopher wray. >> the guy who succeeded at the irs came in but instead of cleaning up things, you know, worked his magic to obstruct and so forth. congress is not going to get the information. the american people are not going to know what happened until either congress stands up for itself with contempt finding or impeachment or president trump declassifies. paul: kim, is congress and devin nunes getting the documents that it needs? >> th...

You know, protect intelligence sources and methods and the equities of the intelligence community that it oversees. and you know, for him to say that that should be done without you know, repeated leaks of material without you know, without the sort of. >> shenanigans that have taken place is just right and its just reasonable. and you know, the idea that rod rosenstein is among all the her things, he has ois plate, having to fend off a contempt finding for not turning over a whole lot of supers...

Congress is a coequal branch of government. the problem is they have not demanded these documents in a way, for example, for the contempt finding, within impeachment, or with cutting the budget. >> dana: we couldnt get a chance to talk about it, but devin nunes was cleared for classified documents. you were on top of that from the beginning. thank you so much. the egregious wells fargo banking scandal in 2016 making headlines. why president trump is tweeting about the banks punishment. plus, a l...

That scandal led to a contempt finding against eric holder. that fight is onanything. in terms of the extradition. i will told he will not face a death penalty. he is a flight risk however and unlikely to get bail. prosecutor will now build their case. >> thank you. in this fox news alert. pretty soon well not have jay carney around to kick anymore. this is his last meeting as white house press secretary. he is giving the last white house briefing. we expect he will be asked about the irs e-mail...

Obligations has left the committee with no alternative but to consider a contempt finding. if thats the case from isa, will it happen this week? -- sorry, next week? >> i think theres a good chance that the committee will vote this week to hold lois learner in contempt. theres a legal issue with regard to whether she waived her fifth amendment privilege. i believe she did, made that pre-statement where before she said im going to plead the film or will plead the feather fifthe no irs ru regulati...

Reaction from darrell issas spokesman about this. a written statement where they say, chairman issa specifically informed ms. lerner of the committees determination that she had waived her fifth amendment right not to answer her questions. he then offered her fair warning that a refusal to answer could lead to a contempt finding which ultimately must be made by the full house of representatives. whats your reaction to that statement, stan? the case is made clear, many hes got to overrule her obj...

A written statement where they say, chairman issa specifically informed ms. lerner of the committees determination that she had waived her fifth amendment right not to answer her questions. he then offered her fair warning that a refusal to answer could lead to a contempt finding which ultimately must be made by the full house of representatives. whats your reaction to that statement, stan? the case is made clear, many hes got to overrule her objection in an explicit way and give her an opportun...

Saying investigate the tea parties, you have individuals saying they did it, but those letters made no difference. the president benefiting made no difference. again, wolf, the important thing from the ig, the takeaway that the oversight committee will be doing in addition to ways and means, is making sure the controls are put in, sort of like the enron scandal, and the worldcom scandal. if public companies cant be trusted when they put something out, it affects the market. if the government can...

>> of course. lets discuss what we just heard. gloria borger is here, joe johns is here. not every day, joe, that you hear a chairman of a powerful committee in the house of representatives that its behavior that is unacceptable. >> its a question about whether there was a tradeoff from the dropping of a lawsuit in exchange for keeping a case from going to the supreme court. its the kind of thing that can create fireworks on capitol hill. but very, very difficult to explain to the americans. >...

Integrity, the president acted. and so the point is this is a case where we expect to see the president make some heads roll. so i dont know definitively that the president is going to announce that anybody is losing their job. but i wouldnt be surprised if we see the president say that severe consequences either have resulted from the igs report or will. we do know that he met with senior treasury officials this afternoon and that the treasury secretary is in charge and directing the treasury s...