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That manhattan escort service and questioning andrew miller and he is appealing a contempt order for refusing to testify. ryan, why would roger stone be the apparent focus right now? >> shocker, right, that roger stone is involved with shady stuff and that he might come under federal investigation. breaking news for the past few decades. but the situation you have to look at with the aide is that you have a situation where his legal bills -- hes not footing his own legal bill. you have an organi...

The witness, former roger stone aid andrew miller who has repeatedly fought his required interview. to be clear and fair, this does not mean that millers definitely doing something wrong yet. unlike sam nunberg, miller is not claiming he will deny the subpoena out of the view. he wants to file an appeal in court. they say their goal is to get a different judge who they hope will find muellers entire probe is illegitimate. >> in order to appeal the judges decision, challenging the constitutionall...

Subpoena out of the view. he wants to file an appeal in court. they say their goal is to get a different judge who they hope will find muellers entire probe is illegitimate. >> in order to appeal the judges decision, challenging the constitutionally of the special counsel, we have to have a contempt order in order to go to the court of appeals. >> thats one thing that happened today. meanwhile, there is action at paul manaforts trial, but it took a turn to the mysterious. today was going to be t...

>> for more in the legal jeopardy. joined by mimi rocah. broad you are assault on the mueller investigation. here is what he had to say. >> in order to appeal, judge howells decision, challenging, have to have a contempt order. this is a major precedent set in the case. serious constitutional issues on the appointment clause. >> they already tried once with the district court. they tried to say, filed saying he is not improperly appointed. now they are trying to escalate. >> i think twice actual...

>> in order to appeal, judge howells decision, challenging, have to have a contempt order. this is a major precedent set in the case. serious constitutional issues on the appointment clause. >> they already tried once with the district court. they tried to say, filed saying he is not improperly appointed. now they are trying to escalate. >> i think twice actually, i believe judge ellis. every reason to think on appeal they are going to get the ruling by the judge will be affirmed. but you know, ...

Agents themselves to lead to results. all we had was the testimony denying that it impacted the decisions they made and they implied bias impacting decisions. >> in the chairman trying to get documents from the chairman pistols at their still frustrated. what are you expecting in terms of rod rosenstein and next steps on that? >> we expect our friday night more documents to be forthcoming by the doj. that being said, if it does not comply fully with subpoenas we might see a contempt order for ro...

To issued a contempt order it should be done. its rare for the legislature to hold a member of the executive in contempt but it has been done. then you have to go to court and get the court to enforce it. i think generally its used as a sort thing to hold over the head of justice department officials and in the end they comply. i suspect that will happen here. we may see drama. they may say no. >> bill: these documents the hillary clinton clinton email, fisa application, why would the department...

Eventually, the just have to get everyone in a room and have the documents either reviewed or reviewed by a smaller group and get it done. i dont think anyone wants to go to contempt case. >> harris: what happens in a contempt of congress case? >> nothing. eric holder was held in contempt and nothing happened because of course the only branch of government that can prosecute under contempt order is the executive branch. which is controlled by the president. >> harris: in that case. because they ...

This russian investigation is in fact politically motivated. investigative reporter sara carter and attorney, she is with victoria. victoria is with us. good to see you both. i think whats really important, as we go forward and look at all of this, if steve scalise and mccarthy are now getting on board and saying they will support devon daniels, and the freedom caucus, it sounds to me like contempt of congress ordered his forthcoming. >> it is. and they mean business. i have spoken with people o...

Likely see a subpoena and a contempt order, then its a game of chicken. it involves politics, it involves law, and it involves psychology, really, which is really interesting with this particular president. >> because there is a couple ways the special counsel can operate. it can operate like, here are the questions and submit the answers in writing. thats one way of doing it. another way is have a meeting. and if you have a meeting of 49 questions, these are opening questions, but then you foll...