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That may warrant a contempt proceeding against him. in terms of where we are, we have had a full schedule up until this point, weve got a full schedule from this point. i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kuppermans testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. it is also, i think, very plain additional, and powerful evidence of obstruction of congress and its lawful function by the president that, yet again, and even after a cour...

Information. and the documents weve requested. with respect to attorney general barr, our subpoena asked him a couple months ago for the redacted portions of the mueller report and for underlying evidence. they refused to give it to us. we cited them for contempt. now weve gotten, as of yesterday, the day before yesterday. yesterday morning, actually. we have an agreement with the justice department that they will give us access to the redacted portions of the mueller report, except for the gran...

This has never been litigated. were in uncharted waters if the request is not complied with. so well see. >> mnuchin is not going to do it because hes asked. >> that will likely get into a contempt proceeding and legislation. >> democrats can hold him in contempt, mnuchin? >> perhaps. they can also issue subpoenas. there are other ways to go. remember, trump is out there saying ive been under audit two or three years. well,. hes provided no proof of the audit. >> youre the reporter, youre the ex...

>> that will likely get in a contempt proceeding and litigation. >> the democrats could hold m mnuchin in contempt? >> possibly. hes out there saying ive been under oddet for two or three years. hes provided no proof of the audit and he could provide tax returns prier to that period. >> youre the exexpert on the law. does robert mueller have donald trumps tax returns right now? >> that experience tells me theres really no doubt mueller has those. thats right. >> in fact the irs has been asked ab...

This? >> good morning, poppy. i was hoping that we would see a sincere effort to have witnesses answer questions. because mr. gowdy was trying to force peter strzok to answer questions but we say the same play out with steve bannon. but there was no interest to force a contempt proceeding on him. it shows the inconsistency. it shows that republicans are more interested not in the answers but using their questions to undermine bob muellers probe and not interested in protecting our democracy. >> ...

That he knew it was wrong to try and pursue a contempt proceeding against peter strzok but not mr. bannon. so many other trump administration witnesses who refused to tell us anything. by the way, lawrence, we have now seen peter strzok and james comey come before congress. they raise their right hands. they went under oath and told us what they knew about the russia investigation. the president continues to criticize them. however, what distinguishes them from him is that the president is unwil...

That he knew it was wrong to try and pursue a contempt proceeding against peter strzok but not mr. bannon. so many other trump administration witnesses who refused to tell us anything. by the way, lawrence, we have now seen peter strzok and james comey come before congress. they raise their right hands. they went under oath and told us what they knew about the russia investigation. the president continues to criticize them. however, what distinguishes them from him is that the president is unwil...

Hes passed and the other is the subpoena to go in that he vows to defy, they would file a contempt proceeding at what point? >> lawyers typically try to work things out. if a witness says i dont have enough team to go through time e-mails, you can ask for more time. ive heard a lot of reasons. ive heard unreasonable, i dont want to incriminate my mentor, roger stone, which would not be an appropriate the use of the fifth amendment right not to incrim the na incrim na incri incriminate yourself. ...

What he said in the statement through his lawyers, he may have some legitimate concerns as to whether or not hes going to incriminate himself and he has an absolute right not to do that. anything that is a link in the chain that could lead to incriminating him, he can protect himself by at fifth amendment right. and he could say to them ill talk but i want immunity like hes already said or he can sit back in response to a contempt proceeding and say i cannot say a word because i have a fifth ame...

Consistent with the u.s. supreme courts holding in oeberg fall and this courts order for these reasons the courts prior contempt sanction against defendant davis is hereby lifted. it does say she shall not interfere with her deputies who are issuing marriage certificates. if she does interfere, what happens next? >> she could be held in contempt again because the judge, quite properly, has been focused simply on the end results which are same-sex couples being allowed to be married in this count...