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And then he told her not to and said this, contempt is a small risk, but running to the right is better for you. now, a couple things to note here. these are two interviews from september after we saw that live interview and after she had moved on from passantino. this, again, is why she said she had that breaking point and as youll remember on monday the january 6th committee alleged they had information that a white house or excuse me, a trump backed attorney had been pressuring their client i...

She is someone who when she left the first time he did a whole colonnade walk with her which is usually reserved for foreign leaders so her testimony is very important also. >> wrapping up with you, elliot, what is legally looking at the contempt claim that she made that she felt pressured from trump allies on this, not to talk, in june, we should note, and instead risk contempt and theres a difference with the lawyer saying, hey, dont offer too much unless they ask you. >> it steps up to the li...

These are transcripts from what events that happened in september after we saw that live testimony, and after she had left that lawyer and gotten a separate lawyer. she addresses this, and what her breaking point was, and it was a point when he was urging her no longer to cooperate with the committee, instead saying that even being found in contempt would be better than that. he said, contempt is a small risk, but running to the right is better for you, which, again, she says was her breaking po...

Reported her original attorney, stefan passantino, who is a former white house ethics lawyer had encouraged her to mislead the committee with her testimony. now that we have the transcripts were getting into the details that have. she says her relationship with passantino really broke down when he essentially told her to stop cooperating with the committee. at one point she told the committee in one of these september interviews that passantino told her, contempt is a small risk. but running to ...

>> yeah. id say thats a great question. there is a very tantalizing comment in the executive summary. its hard to call it that, because its 160 pages, but in that executive summary theres a reference to why the department of justice may not have sought to charge mark meadows and dennis covino with contempt. both referred for contempt failing to comply with a subpoena and one of the things the reported says, sort of speculates, but odd that it said it may be that theyre already cooperating. and w...

>> well, as i said, i do think it could lead to trying to make a case on sort of false statements and perjury or even contempt. i have to say, one of the things im very interested in is whether the report talks about sort of the reason for the lack of evidence. weve all heard about the secret service destroying reams of documents and whether the report has gotten to the bottom of that. there 180 or so minutes where trump is at the white house where theres -- complete absence of reports. again, i...

Investigation. with nixon, the key votes in the judiciary committee to impeach, articles of impeachment, were cast by courageous republicans. and then lets look at the leadership. mitch mcconnell said a little something. hes the great enabler as is his party in the senate. you know the story. name 21 republican senators who have held trump in disdain, contempt through his whole presidency? not a one of them. >> privately, yeah. >> the whole time. and i named them. and still nothing. >> hes got t...

Resigned before he could be impeached. and among those counseling him to resign were senior republicans on capitol hill. >> and first of all the watergate investigation by the senate was connected by a 77 to nothing, unanimous vote of the senate, including republicans, to create the investigation. unlike what we have seen here where the republican party, and congress has tried to bury this investigation. with nixon, the key votes in the judiciary committee to impeach articles of impeachment, wer...

Asterisks, the big caveat here is that, obviously, the justice department can take or leave this referral. they dont have to act on it if they dont want to. indeed, the january 6th investigation has already made for criminal referrals to the justice department already, all of them for contempt. two of the four cases, doj bring up prosecution, steve bannon was convicted on contempt, remains out of jail for now, while he appeals his conviction. another trump advisor named peter navarro, who is a d...

When it comes to the former presidents, specifically. theres a few things to note about these criminal referrals. up top, obviously, the big asterisks, the big caveat here is that, obviously, the justice department can take or leave this referral. they dont have to act on it if they dont want to. indeed, the january 6th investigation has already made for criminal referrals to the justice department already, all of them for contempt. two of the four cases, doj bring up prosecution, steve bannon w...