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Oral arguments before a three-judge panel that the former president is protected from federal charges that he illegally tried to overturn the 2020 election. judge tanya chutkan, who is the judge overseeing the election interference case, initially rejected the claim, but last month put a hold on the trial while the trump team moves forward with an appeal. last week trumps team said special counsel jack smith and federal prosecutors should be held in contempt because they continued working while ...

Congress. president joe bidens son defied a congressional subpoena for a closed door deposition last month. david spunt from washington with the story. >> good morning. here is a draft of the resolution just released this morning. two days a house panel will begin the contempt proceedings. a day later hunter biden will be before a federal judge in california to answer for tax charges. both the house and judiciary committees will start contempt proceedings based on what hunter is doing in this ph...

What can we expect? >> this is the contempt resolution draft released by the house oversight committee this morning. house judiciary and oversight committees will start contempt proceedings based on what hunter is doing there this photograph. he is on capitol hill on december 13th but didnt show up for a scheduled deposition via subpoena. he gave a lengthy statement outside the capitol dome. jim jordan and james comer say contempt is the next step. steve bannon and peter navarro were also held i...

Arguably worse than the other individuals because what he did was went out into the parking lot basically of the capitol building on the day that he was subpoenaed to be there. he cant say he was sick or something else. he went into their yard and literally just defied them saying i dare you to do anything. im out here in the parking lot and give you the finger and tell you what you can do with the subpoena. he is daring congress to hold him in contempt and thats what theyll do. i dont think the...

Seeks. >> lisa, that attack on institutions, special counsel jack smith has responded to trumps filings to hold him in contempt of court. how do you expect that parents trickle between smith and trump to play out? >> i dont expect judge chutkan to rule for contempt. i think it was a silly and perhaps, even, important thing for objects mitt to continue to file a motion in that case while the case is state. that havent been said, its certainly not worthy of contempt. and the motion trump filed, as...

Seeks. >> lisa, that attack on institutions, special counsel jack smith has responded to trumps filings to hold him in contempt of court. how do you expect that power struggle between smith and trump to play out? >> i dont expect judge chutkan to rule for contempt. i think it was a silly and perhaps even important thing for objects mitt to continue to file a motion in that case while the case is state. that havent been said, its certainly not worthy of contempt. and the motion that trump filed, ...

Asking judge chutkan to hold him and others and his office in contempt was borderline hysterical and done solely for political purposes, not legal purposes. that motion is not going to be countenanced by that judge. but she was never the audience in the first place, alicia. >> another headline that caught my eye. nbc reporting that trump wont be able to use the, quote, idiot defense against his january 6th charges. talk me through that. >> a number of people, as our colleague ryan riley has note...

The ballot box. but right now, what we do know is donald trump is trying his level best to waken it enough, create that doubt, so that one juror and some of this upcoming cases gives him the past he seeks. >> lisa, that attack on institutions, special counsel jack smith has responded to trumps filings to hold him in contempt of court. how do you expect that power struggle between smith and trump to play out? >> i dont expect judge chutkan to rule for contempt. i think it was a silly and perhaps ...

First, i want to ask you about special counsel jack smith. what is president trumps reasoning for wanting him to be held in contempt? if -- >> because he is in contempt. he has clearly ignored the courts stay of that decision. the the decision is completely disregarded just like anything these radical lefts are really push their own agenda. what happened was there was a stay in the proceeding, that means that all actions, all activities on that case must stop until the issue of presidential immu...