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Since a federa grand jury here in washington issued that subpoena to the trump team demanding all those classified records taken from the white house be returned. there have been delays and stalling, and there was that stunning fbi search last summer after agents discovered evidence that documents were possibly being withheld on purpose. but tonight sources tell us the judge barrel howl whos overseeing the grand jury is patient. shes denied a charge to hold trump in contempt. they basically told...

This morning brittney griner is back in the united states after spending nearly 10 months in a russian prison. reaction to her release and also more on what is next for her just ahead. were going to speak with phoenix mercury president and how the team plans to welcome griner back. plus details about this prisoner swap. how the u.s. determined viktor bout is no longer a threat to america. ned price joins us in just a moment. and also this morning, a cnn exclusive, kyrsten sinema announced her ...

So bianna, this has already been a long legal fight where doj has been working for months, if not, a year to get these back, and theyre taking this big step here asking this judge to hold trump in contempt. all of it happening in a nonpublic hearing right now. so well see what else develops over the rest of the afternoon, bianna. >> listen. trumps lawyers cant be blamed for not wanting to sign that document given that they were burned for doing just that over the summer. jessica schneider, thank...

You want to focus on the primary wrong doers. >> and the jodoj is not require to act on this laundry list. >> and it is important to understand that criminal referral from congress to doj is important, but it doesnt require prosecutors to do anything. that said, you can bet that prosecutors will be reading every page of this report when it comes out and every page of the criminal referral when they get it. and really the question is how compelling a case can congress make to doj. and i think tmo...

That that could happen and what are the implications if that in fact does turn out to be the case? >> doj is clearly at wits end here with donald trump. i served more subpoenas than i could count when i was a prosecutor and i never had to ask the judge to hold the other party in contempt. but doj seems to be of the view that donald trumps lawyers simply are not to be trusted, that they have not complied with subpoenas. so the judge has to have a hearing. and the judge has quite a bit of discreti...

The judge reportedly pressed the Trump team and the Justice Department to work together to find a mutually agreeable resolution.

Sarah? >> reporter: well were expecting a hearing in a sealed proceeding to happen on this contempt issue later today. what the justice department is saying to this judge is, look, the trump team never complied with the subpoena we sent over the summer to return all documents with classified m marking. the trump feel found two more documents with classified markings as a storage unit and theyre concerned that the trump team wont name a custodian of records to sign an attestation saying weve look...

>> all right. mike broomhead, john labombard, thank you for joining us. we appreciate your time. >> thanks for having us. >> thanks. well, we are following a critical showdown in federal court today. the justice department has argued that donald trumps team should be held in contempt for failing to comply with the subpoena to turn over all classified documents in the former presidents possession. trumps legal team said it conducted searches in four locations just before thanksgiving and found ...

Were following three big stories. sinema is no longer a democrat. she registered as an independent just days after her now former party clinched a clear but narrow majority in the senate. we may see a former president of the united states held in contempt. and sources say that is what donald trump and team are potentially facing for not complying with a subpoena in the case of classified documents stored on his property. and brittney griner is back home. the wnba star took her first steps on u.s...

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