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Consider as these five republicans are likely, it seems today, we dont know for sure, but based on what we know right now its not a stretch. i was just talking to jamie raskin about this. theyve been dodging this committee for months. they think its illegitimate. if youre a gambling person, theyre not going to be participating willingly. its prudent to start thinking about what the next steps are for this committee. >> two legal things that come to mind as i hear you say that. number one, multip...

>> congressman swalwell you served in the second impeachment. as dan goldman pointed out, republicans make no secrets about having you in their sights politically speaking. what is your sense about how to proceed if they decide to defy these subpoenas? >> well, there are a number of options, right? there could be criminal contempt referral as has been done with others, you know, there could be a referral to the ethics committee. ill leave it to the committee to decide, but you would just, at the...

Options. one is to go into a court, get an order from a judge requiring them to testify. the proproblem is even if it moves at lightening speed, that will take well more than a month. option two is to hold these people in contempt, send them over to the justice department who can prosecute them. thats just punishment and that too will almost certainly take way more than a month. so these subpoenas are big and bold steps, but they would have been much bigger and bolder had they been issued six mo...

Subpoena them? >> so i know this was a subject of debate within the members of the committee for a while. what we dont know about the terms and the challenges ahead for the committee which we expect all five to refuse and if they dont comply what the course of action the committee plans to pursue is, and whether or not they want to get involved in going after contempt for the five or for any of them. so yes, we know they have a lot of information. goodness, mel brooks has told us himself since d...

State Police commission holds former Superintendent Kevin Reeves in contempt for ignoring subpoena

A New York judge on Wednesday lifted the civil contempt finding against former President Donald Trump, assuming certain conditions are met, and ordered him to pay $110,000 in fines.

Committee looking into Ronald Greenes death holds former LSP colonel in contempt

A New York judge has released Donald Trump from a contempt finding, but certain conditions, including paying $110,000 in fines accrued for failing to turn over documents in a state civil investigation.

BATON ROUGE, La. - Kevin Reeves, who led Louisiana State Police at the time of the brutal beating and death of Ronald Greene in police custody and during that episodes

Overall, the issue that we need to keep our eye on, in terms of judicial overreach, but also what is happening at the state level, in the courts, but also the legislatures. >> harry, ownership theres a little, talk about the 16 investigation. the washington post has more on the role that mark meadows played in advancing trumps efforts to overturn the election. the paper reports, quote, meadows granted those peddling theories about a stolen election direct access to the oval office. and personall...