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Committee chairman bennie thompson says anyone trying to obstruct the probe will face consequences, including the former president. >> if former president trump thinks he can get away with what happened on january 6th about being cute with his press releases, then he has another thing coming. our committee, the bipartisan committee takes our work very seriously, and we will pursue it. >> cnns melanie zanona joins the panel now. melanie, did you get a break during the congressional resource? and ...

Going into a process that will all these accusations unproven likely take months. to date, but theres clearly i mean, remember. they have done that with certain reason to investigate. because its all happening evidence. you know, don mcgahns against the backdrop of an administration thats eroding testimony. thats now in court. ethical norms and possibly you know, the attempt to get the profiting off the presidency. presidents tax returns. thats now in court. but this is a multi-month ch a r chao...

Is. we are determined to try this case and believe fully our client will be exonerated. >> reporter: prosecutors revealing dna was found mixed with jennifers blood in her kitchen sink. her disappearance is being treated as a homicide. another update, the helicopter pilot killed after crash landing on a new york city skyscraper shouldnt have even been flying. timothy mccormick did not have the required certificate for flying in bad weather. investigators believe this video shows mccormick trying ...

Rob: william barr urging donald trump to exert executive privilege if congress proceeds with its contempt process. that request revealed in a letter from the justice department overnight. the house oversight committee plans to vote on holding william barr and wilbur ross in contempt of congress. they are accused of not turning over documents regarding his citizenship question on 2020 census, just one day after the full house voted to hold william barr and former white house counsel don mcgann in...

Submitted to congress or not? >> perjury is difficult to prove, as you know. you have to prove an intent to steven. >> but is that under oath, the submitted letter? >> i dont think so. >> so it wouldnt be percentagely. >> but he forwarded to his home e-mail address. he said it looks good -- im talking about -- >> im talking about lenny brewer. he was in mexico in mexico the same day the letter was mailed, advocating for fast and furious part two. he should have been gone a long time ago. if the ...

Megyn: fox news alert. we are less than half an hour away now from a major event on capitol hill. the house committee will start the contempt process against attorney general eric holder over his refusal to hand over documents related to fast and furious, a gun running sting that allowed 2,000 weapons to wiped up in the hands of some very dangerous criminals down in mexico, and it is believed to have been linked to the death of at least one border patrol act here in america, brian terry. we will...

To comply with a lawful subpoena. the republican chairman darrell issa says the contempt process can be withdrawn, but only if the attorney general turns over internal correspondence after february 2012. as recently as this past tuesday attorney general holder told a senate committee he wants to cooperate with the subpoena. >> im prepared to make compromises with regard to the document that can be made available. im offering to sit down with the speaker, the chairman, with you, with whoever, to ...

Mike, what are we expecting this morning? >> reporter: we do expect frustration from republicans on the senate panel. there is frustration from republicans in both the house and senate. they believe eric holder has not been fully cooperative with their investigation on fast and furious. a subpoena was issued last october the 12th, and so over in the house side what we are seeing is for chairman darrell issa, enough is enough. >> one, we need to know about the post february 4th period in which th...

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Documents. donald trump jr. did. thats how they know they exist. the way this usually works is that you are supposed to provide the documents and there is stuff they can learn. abbe lowell is saying you have documents from other people. why do you need it from us? there is a reason. because investigators can look to see if you forwarded something. perhaps they dont know about it. there is a lot of information they can learn from thats the reason why they are insisting. >> they insist on providin...