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Morning and that was not likely to happen. now, of course, we have confirmation that its not going to. but there are a few parts of this letter that we just got in that really struck me. ill start at the end, because thats where this goes next. in this letter, it says that the select committee is left with no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend that the body in which mr. meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution. this is something that they seemed prepared to do...

Jennifer, i want to start with you. what is your take on the fact that steve bannon and others are refusing to actually be called forward and actually talk about the subpoena? they dont want to present themselves. >> we will see what steve bannon does. i dont think this committee will put up with his nonsense. theres no basis for executive privilege. he wasnt a white house employee. ex-presidents dont get to invoke executive privilege. he is out on both counts. i dont think the committee is goin...

You issue a subpoena and youre trying to get documents. one technique you can use is try to talk to a document customer owed ya -- custodian. they used to have document status hearings, where you would try to get the lay of the land theyre supposed to be directly responsible serving interests. you can saber rattle, about holding somebody in contempt often times witnesses who are reluctant to cooperate and come forward when you attach a contempt proceeding or a perspective contempt proceeding to ...

Proceedings. sometimes the threat of a contempt proceeding gets you a different result. sometimes the witnesses choose to appear when contempt is on the table. democrats even withdrew a subpoena to one witness who asked the federal court to resolve conflicting orders from congress and the executive. either because the democrats did not want to wait for the court to rule or they didnt like the presiding judge, judge leon. instead, democrats made their demands and refused to budge. democrats told ...

You issue a subpoena. you are trying to get documents. one technique you can use it talk to a document custodian about what documents exist. chairman chaff his document production status hearings. you would bring in officials to get the lay of the land. they are supposed to be directly responsible. you can sabre rattle about holding somebody in contempt. oftentimes, witnesses who are reluctant to cooperate and come forward, when you attach a contempt proceeding to their name, a lot of times that...

Have a couple of different steps company raise the prospect. you can schedule a contempt proceeding. you can hold the door open for documents or interviews and then push it off. you can go through at the committee level. these are all sort of milestone events which historically are less palatable for the administration that sometimes starts to move the needle. with these times of disputes, once you get the ball rolling, with the gowdy probe we didnt get a witness. once we got deputy director mcc...

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With a contempt proceeding you have a couple steps along the way. you could raise the prospect of a contempt proceeding, schedule a contempt proceeding, after you schedule a contempt proceeding hold the door open for documents or interview and then you can push it off. you can go through at the committee level. these are all sort of milestone events which historically are unpalatablee or less palatable for the administration that sometimes starts to move the needle and with these types of disput...

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