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They are plotting and planning to do it again. these folks need to come forward. and alex, why wouldnt they? what are they afraid of? >> if they dont come forward, if they dont cooperate, should they be held in contempt? >> i believe they should. obviously it is up to our leadership. i spoken to the chairman of the committee. ive spoken to members of the committee. i have said, i hope we will do everything in our power. usually -- that we have to bring them in. to hold them in contempt. or to fo...

Charges to enforce these crimes against congress. and its not just their crimes against congress, jonathan. we are all waiting to get all the information we can out of witnesses who are choosing to defy congressional subpoenas. they are, by extension, crimes against all of the american people. so, hopefully, perhaps this will inspire congress to use its own power of inherent contempt to take these people into custody, who are refusing to abide by lawfully issued congressional subpoenas. and comp...

About it was on show. i want to play a little before u.s. of what he had to say and then i want you to react to the other side. >> political terms, this policy is called the place replacement -- replacement will be in people from foreign countries. >> where the government shows preference to people who have shown absolute contempt for our customers, our laws, our system itself. and theyre being treated better than american citizens. now i know that the left and all the little gatekeepers on twit...

Broken process. what really needs to happen is that congress needs to rethink the mechanisms for enforcing subpoenas if it wants to be able to engage in oversight. they need to revitalize their authority in this area instead of having to weigh on doj to act on their behalf. >> lets take it back to that, for a second there. it was unprecedented what happened on january 6th. there were force of force backups -- take the marshall, and go around the months they do not comply. is this too much of an ...

House republicans refusing to testify and comply, what legal options does the committee have? would they pursue those options? >> so, you and i have been talking for months now about the need for the committee to subpoena other members of congress if they have relevant information. the good news is theyve done it. the bad is that theyve done it in the middle of may with these hearings less than a month away. they have two options, but both are timed out. one, they can duoso a civil junl and ask ...

How can the committee force them to do stuff. there are a couple of options. one that ive always been a fan of is nancy pelosis basement, or vanity -- whatever she has in congress because congress has an inherent contempt of power. they can issue legal subpoenas in force people to comply with the subpoenas. they can arrest people who dont comply with legally issued subpoenas from congress. they can do that on their own authority. that has not been tried in quite some time. it has been a while si...

This is the power they can execute under their own authority if these five congress people continue to take you to defy lawful subpoenas. the other one of the option we have been down before. they issued contempt sightings and refer them to the department of justice for contempt, we put on eric garlands desk, and we put it on merrick garland some smelling salts, he wakes up and read these referrals. and we wait to see that the department of justice has any intention ever of enforcing congression...

Good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle. 179 days until the midterm elections. and tonight, the january 6th committee is under pressure to figure out its next move. given the very real likelihood none of the five subpoenaed republican lawmakers will comply. earlier today, one committee member suggested it is not over yet. >> we have all of the options that would be available to us for someone like steve bannon, or mark meadows, and then additional options because there are members of congr...

Weve already seen steve bannon held in contempt for not complying. this is a whole other ball game with half a dozen of the own congressional colleagues being targeted. what legal tools are the committee willing to use to hold them accountable? >> good morning, katie. we know what options they have. it is unclear how far members are willing to go to get these five lawmakers to testify, especially before the end of the month, especially before the beginning of the long awaited public hearings tha...

Story. in ohio, of course, a similar situation, although theyre not a racial gerrymander, such as a partisan. one but they violated either a state statute or constitutional permission, the bans partisan gerrymandering. the state court said no, this map doesnt work. ohio republicans basically barely tweaked, it and they basically are trying to ram through now. theyre re-approving them up previously rejected by the house supreme court. its the same when the -- isnt resolved by may 28th. it seems l...