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Of a criminal referral is kind of just a glorified press release. these are politicians, not prosecutors. it will be up to the justice department to decide what to do with those referrals. theres already a robust january 6th investigation going on with the doj, but nonetheless this would be a historic moment for the committee and the history of gymnastics. -- january 6th. >> indeed. now to a separate matter tied to the former presidents handling of classified records. cnn has learned a federal j...

Kind of this rare win for trumps lawyers? >> its a little difficult to know exactly the context of this contempt request. because the hearings are closed. because its a grand jury matter. but i think what is most likely to be going on is that it is a request for contempt for failure to comply with the grand jury subpoena. you will recall its been reporting that the justice department served a grand jury subpoena on the trump team back in may, june. and a handful of documents were returned and a ...

Trump. yesterday, a federal judge decided not to hold trump attorneys in contempt, according to a source familiar with the matter. the justice department had been urging the judge to do so, claiming the trump team failed to comply with a subpoena, demanding the return of all documents with classified markings. in the statement, a trump spokesperson claimed that the legal team would continue to be transparent, and law enforcement was being used as a weapon against the former president. meanwhile,...

Impeachable offenses have been committed, no matter what the senate does. we do our responsibility, so i think theres a fair degree of consensus around that, and we will be announcing what form that takes very soon. joining me now, democratic congresswoman eric swalwell, a member of the impeachment committee -- good to see you, you called the potential criminal referrals, quote, reassuring. i wonder if you are concerned about the justice department response? >> i am not. i am also reassured by t...

Many legal woes increase, the justice department argues that his legal team should be held in contempt. i will tell you what happened in court with chuck rosenberg next. next try this robitussin honey. the real honey you love, plus the powerful cough relief you need. mind if i root through your trash? robitussin. the only brand with real honeyand elderberry. my most important kitchen tool? my brain. so i choose neuriva plus. unlike some others, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indi...

Said, deciding not to refer him for contempt for, criminal content or the former trump team. but apparently parallel investigation going on on capitol hill with the house select committee investigating january 6th promises to wrap up that report by december 21st. also promising to vote in the committee whether to hold the former president we. included anyone from criminal can in criminal contempt from congress. they have decided exactly who those individual be. november is on the committee telli...

This whole question is about a subpoena that was issued in may. the justice department demanding back in may that trump turn over any classified documents that remained in his possession at mar-a-lago. trumps team gave back a dozen documents or so, but as we know now, that wasnt everything. there were dozens of additional documents that the justice department and the fbi ultimately found when they searched the premises. you can see some of them on your screen here. they searched in august, which...

Of the former president held in contempt of court. contempt for failing to obey a subpoena from may before the fbi searched mar-a-lago, one that ordered trumps office to turn over all of the classified documents in its possession. now, no media was allowed in court today, nbc was part of a press coalition that petitioned the judge for access to the hearing, but that was not granted. and nbc news reports that the judge today did not hold trumps office in contempt. but the mere fact that the justi...

More likely than, not the judge likely instructed trumps team that they need to make superior efforts to ensure that whatever can be done to comply with the subpoena is actually being done. and i think that the part of what was motivated by, in terms of moving forward is just basically writing lighting a fire under seem to say, listen, you cant keep playing run with the something delay and lately. >> and, charles, as you mentioned, the judge already declined the justice department s request to h...

You arrest the perpetrator. then, you two supplemental search warrants, as we learn more about where the additional proceeds of crime are being hidden. >> i want to talk more about the job. charles, why do you think the judge decided not to hold team trump in contempt? >> its hard to say, because these were closed-door hearings. at the same time, i agree with glenn. this is an unusual request given the nature of a case like this. i think in order to do so, what youre talking about is actually ho...