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One criminal probe has already been lodged and others could soon follow. is there a legitimate case? our legal expert takes a closer look. >> todd: plus -- >> people who supported trump and to enable trim to have something to apologize for paper >> seems like you have such contempt for half the country record dont think thats going to get us where we need to go. >> todd: bill meyer taking on the lefty yet again. will show you more of that exchange right after this. ♪ ♪

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Dissegregate, take apart the national security part and the criminal investigation part opens them up to possible contempt later on if the judge doesnt like what they did, and three, theyre concerned that trumps lawyers are going to get to look at these documents. and the third point they make is theres no harm to donald trump from doing this. now, if this went to the supreme court again because these issues are so simple, this could happen very quickly. on the other hand, i think its very likel...

So simple. the government is just making three simple points. one, that donald trump has no ownership interest in these documents. these are classified documents that belong to the government. two, the government is going to be irreparably harmed by virtue of the fact that it cant continue its criminal investigation without those documents, and to try and desegregate, take apart the national security part and the criminal investigation part opens him up to possible contempt later on. if the judg...

The effect of, mark, something needs to be done or people are going to die and the bloods going to be on your fing hands. >> so questions meadows needs to answer? >> i think hell -- i think hell ultimately answer a lot of questions. the question to me, don, is will he invoke the fifth amendment? i think hes got tremendous exposure himself. hes in the middle of all this. some of these certainly walk like and quack like a conspiracy so this raises the question of how much vulnerability he feels. i...

Food chain here and youve seen 30 subpoenas that and we know the january 6th committee wanted to talk to him. we know he gave them text messages and we refused to comply with the subpoena before congress and its clear hes regarding a subpoena from the doj very differently. i want to recall for everyone that while he was found in contempt of the congress, the doj declined to prosecute him for that and so now theyre coming to him and saying we are handing you our own subpoena and you need to tell ...

Center of everything. he was at the center of the effort to overturn the election. one source i spoke with a while ago on this called him trump enabler on that particular issue. and so i think now that you see how this is has gone up the food chain here, that you have seen 30 subpoenas, and we know that the january six committee wanted to talk to him. we know that he gave them text messages, to cnn has reported. but we do know that he refused to comply with the subpoena before congress, and now ...

I bring in our cnn political analyst john avlon. john, good to see you. no one was closer to trump and meadows. he was in the room where it happened. if he is compelled to cooperate further, what could that mean? >> could mean everything. as john dean just stated, thats where it hits the fan. because there is nobody closer to the president that his chief of staff, particular this key moment in history. meadows would have firsthand knowledge from the president of his statements of his actions and...

Congress thing he was risking. when the feds issue you a subpoena you have to comply. >> yes, you have to comply or you can be held in contempt of the grand jury or other charges lodged against you. but i think here the real question is, is mark meadows trying to be john dean or haldman. remember haldman went to prison on three felony charges for a long period of time. john dean on the other hand cooperated at an early stage and got a much better deal, spent about four months in a hotel room coo...

The latest to come under fire liberal philadelphia district attorney larry krasner. pennsylvania republicans voted to hold the embattled prosecutor in contempt for defying a subpoena related to an impeachment effort. there is a lot more to that story. nate foye is on the mez with me today and you have brought startling numbers. >> its certainly a way to describe it. in the past year more people have been shot in philadelphia than in new york city and los angeles, two cities with millions more re...