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The DOJ declined to charge the former Trump official after he refused to testify for the Jan. 6 committee, despite testimony he burned meeting notes prior to the attack.

Im christi paul. >> im boris sanchez. it is saturday, june 4th. we appreciate you starting your weekend with us. we begin with a possible blow to the january 6th committee and efforts to interview witnesses. it will not indict two former trump officials found in contempt by the panel. >> the committee calls the decision not to prosecute mark meadows and dan scavino puzzling. this is ahead of the first public hearing on thursday. thats where new evidence and witness testimony is expected to be un...

Other people involved that allegedly spoke to the president on the day of the insurrection, during the attack on the capitol. congressman jim jordan. he has also refused to comply with the subpoena from the committee. they have warned him, he has until june 11 to cooperate. he has a deadline. so lets put up or shut up. is it possible, you think, that he could also be indicted? for contempt, if he doesnt comply with this level subpoena? again, this is a more nuanced question. we havent necessaril...

Peter Navarro is the second Trump aide to be arrested after defying a legal summons from the congressional committee investigating the attack.

This pressure the former president was exerting. >> how will that detail factor in the committees work that people in the administration had clear concerns for the safety of those at the highest level? >> its extremely important. what a low point for this country, boris, that this game of thrones intrigue is going on behind the scenes. that someone, the chief of staff felt it was important enough to contact the protective detail and reminder they set up a scaffold outside the u.s. congress and t...

Lying to an fbi agent, or if theyre coming after you -- >> i remember the days when a gold old-fashioned, with butted american could lie to congress or the fbi with impunity. what has become of this country? to be clear, peter navarro is not charged with lying to congress. hes charged with defied a congressional subpoena. louis gohmert would be confused, given how many other trump officials have been charged with lying to congress and to the fbi. but look, whether peter navarro is going to be co...

The door kicked in, as the break of john. so its not necessarily, not necessarily a great argument to make, when you compare to how many other people go through this. and i would also note that the district judge here during this hearing, he sat for an hour, and basically explained how the system to prosecute this defendant. thats not a lot of how people go through this system. >> let me ask you, paul butler, because ryan was just talking about the other two people whom the justice department ha...

The former trade adviser pledged to take Democratic "clowns and kangaroos" to court, but the next day he was the one who landed before a judge.

Itself, with regard to documents from the national archives, what you have to prove in one of these cases of contempt is willful violation. that is not only did they fail to apply, but they knew that they were doing was illegal. and i suppose that argument could be given them the great benefit of the doubt that because they thought they were negotiating in good faith, because they did turn over many things, because they didnt believe they had at least executive privilege, it would be difficult t...

>> there you go. and you know what they say about people who represent themselves. but -- >> i wont say it on air, but, yeah. >> so, the other two men had much more comply eighted issues and did try to deal with the committee. and the justice department basically said were not going to hold you in contempt. but bannon and navarro, totally different cases. >> well, this is all around the select committee and january 6th committee. speaking of that committee, hearings are coming up next week and t...