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>> i think republicans are super focused just on their own election. i dont know that they have the fortitude nor the desire to look towards what is happening in the institution ten years from now, 12 years from now. so much of the civility and the reverent institution that i spent decades covering is lost. honestly, i think you have a new generation of politicians. there is just a flap right now on the house floor between marjorie taylor green and liz cheney, marjorie taylor green calling chene...

Going to happen on the 6th. thats where so many questions remain. who was talking to who? who was coming into giuliani suite and out of it and maybe going down into the crowd? >> it is such a perfect, perfect way to frame the questions, and the importance of the select committee. i am going to ask all of you to stay with us if you are able. i want to bring into our coverage congressman jim hines, member of the intelligence committee. i want the recap the news for viewers just joining us. the hou...

Bipartisanship, for that matter. courage as well. also, sadly, the opposite which is the least surprising thing these days. today, the house rules committee took the final step needed to send a contempt resolution against steve bannon to the floor tomorrow. shortly before air time, steve scalise urged members to vote no on it. todays committee vote to proceed was 9-4 along party lines and follows the house january 6th select committees unanimous vote last night to bring the charge. select commit...

The point of attack tomorrow. mr. bannon said these things publicly as a private citizen, someone deeply involved with stop the steal movement, and he said them nearly three years after leaving his job at the white house. mr. bannon was also reportedly among the small group of trump confidants assembled at the willard hotel to discuss plans to stop or delay the january 6th count. is it any wonder that the select committee needs to hear from him, that we want to see related materials he has? furt...

What we also know is the four people who have been sought out for records and testimony were with president trump on or before january 6, on the phone with donald trump before or on january 6, and they know what he knew about that attack. >> donya, the committee unveiled a contempt resolution, which says a couple things. donald trump and his team have yet to make an assertion of privilege. they also know an opinion from bannon wouldnt count since he was not an employee during the investigation. ...

♪ >> the president is obstructing congress from getting the facts that we need. >> the failure to produce these documents, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. ed: democrats slamming the president for refusing to turn over internal documents related to ukraine as you heard. democrats sang a much different tune in 2012 when g.o.p. lawmakers held then attorney general eric holder in contempt because he withheld documents related t...

Justice asked to add the citizenship question. according to the contempt resolution, the committee has evidence that the trump administration began a campaign to add the citizenship question immediately after the presidents inauguration in january of 2017. the resolution goes on to say the administrations efforts followed efforts to promote a citizenship question by a now deceased republican gerrymandering expert. its rare for an attorney general to be held in contempt but its happened before du...

The justice department used the lawyer that wants to use. the reason the judge gave was the defendant provided no reason let alone the satisfactory reasons the substitution of counsel. the justice department has been trying to shake up his legal team after the supreme court blocked its first attempt to add the controversial question to the census. attorneys for the aclu contested the substitution and the judge agreed to. this is another setback for the trump administration as it tries to find a ...

>> tonight multiple sources are telling fox news also likely vote on the contempt resolution for william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross next week at the earliest for failing to comply with congressional subpoenas. until then democrats in congress and on the campaign trail continue to call it racially and publicly motivated. >> this is about keeping -- you know his hat, make america white again. >> the citizenship question is motivated by racial and partisan reasons. >> republican congre...

>> shannon: one house wont turn over to house democrats documents about the citizens question on next years census. >> the house oversight committee voted to send a contempt resolution for attorney general william barr and secretary of commerce wilbur ross to the full house after the administration asserted executive privilege over census records. >> this begs the question, what is being hidden? >> when we rush to hold people in contempt, it has a chilling effect on anybody wanted to go the extr...