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Violations where hes talked about witnesses. this in many respects is much more serious because judges take the jury and the integrity of the jury as almost sacrosanct and the idea that hes intimidating the jury is something that i think judge merchan is going to be very concerned about. hes already scheduled a hearing for the other contempt issue next week, but this may prompt him to move it up. >> what are his options though? i mean, well, realistically, the prosecution has asked for a fine of...

Theyre really focused on is trump behind bars, watch put him in jail? joey, is that what you are saying? >> why not. thats what im saying. yes, i get he is a former president. i get there is secret service. i get this case is like no other. but if you are going to have someone completely flouting the rules of the court, how else are you going to maintain decorum. how else are you going to maintain respect. how else are you going to conduct the trial if you dont have consequences? >> laura: david...

As almost sacrosanct. and the idea that hes intimidating the jury is something that i think judge merchan is going to be very concerned about. hes already scheduled a hearing for the other contempt issue. next week, but this may prompt him to move it up. >> what are his options though? i mean, well, realistically, the prosecution has asked for a fine of $1,000 per violation of the gag order in terms of the witnesses but the way contempt often works is that it accelerates is that the first violat...

Defendant donald trump asked judge tanya chutkan to hold special prosecutor jack smith in contempt of court for legal filings that the prosecutors have entered in the court docket after judge chutkan stopped all proceedings in the case while awaiting the outcome in the appeals court, which will issue issue an expedited decision at some point after next tuesdays oral arguments in donald trumps appeal. leading off our discussion, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the...

Well as the top democrat on that committee jamie raskin. the subpoena includes unverified allegations that biden, while he was vice president, was involved in a bribery scheme. so, as they came out of this briefing, comer made it very clear he was not satisfied. he thinks that they should have access, the entire house oversight committee and frankly anyone he wants to share with in congress, to this actual physical document. he said hes going to move ahead later this week with these contempt pro...

Imran Khan said that the police raid on his house was contempt of court as the police raided his house without search warrant.

Material. just astounding that were in that situation two years out. >> it shows that the people around are the people who are in his inner circle or the people who hes paying to represent him, they dont trust him. because if they were to do that, they would have criminal risk themselves. >> theyve seen this movie before, in a certain sense, which is in june his lawyers do make that statement, that they have returned all the documents in response to the subpoena, to the best of their knowledge. ...

Sarah? >> reporter: well were expecting a hearing in a sealed proceeding to happen on this contempt issue later today. what the justice department is saying to this judge is, look, the trump team never complied with the subpoena we sent over the summer to return all documents with classified m marking. the trump feel found two more documents with classified markings as a storage unit and theyre concerned that the trump team wont name a custodian of records to sign an attestation saying weve look...

Upcoming legal battle. walk wus through if trump doesnt comply with the subpoena. >> first hell spend a lot of time not complying but trying to avoid saying not complying so they cant get to the contempt issue just yet. my understanding is hes added a new attorney onto the team. sounds like hes looking for tones who will agree with him rather than try to counsel him or guide the case, so theyll seek -- this is not very heavy lifting for the defense attorney. you invoke all sorts of things, execu...

Trump does not still any documents that would respond to the subpoena from the new york attorney generals office. the judge is saying, you still have to prove to me that what you did with these post it note and what you did with a handful of other boxes. once the trump people can do that, it looks like the judge will release his from this contempt. its important to keep in mind the bigger picture. this is about larger investigation which may result in a civil lawsuit by the new york ag against t...