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Ill give you what i want, it doesnt work that way. and that leaves rudy giuliani. will they pursue rudy giuliani, follow up with subpoenas? they need to get to the bottom of the war room. >> thats not the only crew of trump flunkies being investigated for possibly aiding the insurrection. they turned their focus to other members of congress. where could this particular line of inquiry be headed? >> yeah, they need to know if this threat came from inside the house, so to speak. there have been ac...

Events will stop it is important to have a side to the argument, otherwise wejust have a side to the argument, otherwise we just have a one—sided statement from you. the position of borisjohnson, on many occasions he simply did not know the events were taking place, it was his style. it is only reasonable for me to say, could you be so certain something happened he did not know about? the prime happened he did not know about? iie: prime minister happened he did not know about? tie: prime minis...

Who then by in kiven mccarthys case, the 28th of january, was licking the boot. it wasnt even bending the knee. it was licking the boot to curry favor with the guy who two weeks before they thought was a real threat to the democracy. barbara, we have seen bannon really just flouted it. and he was referred for contempt and is going to be prosecuted. everyone else has kind of played it both ways. med owes was cooperating then wasnt. he has a contempt referral. others pleaded the fifth. others cite...

Time to appear before the committee he backed out. but heres a thing, he had already turned over thousands and thousands of documents. so on the night the committee voted to hold mark meadows in contempt for refusing to answer the questions, members from the committee one through just some of the material that they pulled from the documents he willingly passed along. they included texts sent to mark meadows in the middle of the violent insurrection. the vice chair of the committee, republican wo...

Eviction moratorium, and there are some analysts, i think, that this is going to fall in line with the justices thinking on that, that congress has not authorized the federal government to institute these broad mandates. >> they seem to be entering an aggressive new phase. also its turned inward and gone after members of house representatives itself, jim jordan recently, being about the closest ally of president trump as he can come. we heard him stammering on whether trump plans to run for re-e...

Leadership contest. and the reason thats more likely today than it has been over recent months is because the loyalty that boris johnson inspires within his own party is actually pretty shallow. it is not like, for example, margaret thatcher used to inspire in the conservative party. that was a deep loyalty that even continues now after her death. the allegiance to boris johnson is more superficial. and it is transactional. it is based on his ability to win elections, which hes always been very ...

Possible connection to the president and all of the activity on january 6th and before and after. but they are in a world of hurt. i have wouldnt expect them to be practicing lawyers in a matter of a year or so. >> katie, how significant do you think the subpoenas of the three individuals by the committee has given their proximity to trump and the fact that we know these are people in regular contact with him throughout those key months in the build-up to the 6th? >> i think the subpoenas have a...

Held in contempt, or testify and then later be prosecuted for perjury. i think that you are also going to see testimony by former investigators or fbi investigators who will be kind of summary witnesses of all of the bank records and phone records that have been subpoenaed by the committee. what i would expect is a very coherent riveting compexpositio what they have found and that will be the most effective thing this committee can do. >> there has been several lawsuits against the committee as ...

A way to thank staff. we have yet to find out the youm come of the investigation. but if thats true, or even if he just attended, this was a moment where people in hospital were dying alone because no friends, no family were allowed to go in and see them. so people were grieving alone. they couldnt go to funerals of their nearest and dearest. so the fact that with such flippantsy this was sent, it is hypocritical. that is one way of reading the situation. and to be given the facts, it is hard no...

Politicization are being used against her. ultimately, a judge will rule on this. if the subpoena is quashed, it is over. if not, theyll show up and testify. if they fail to do that, there could be further consequences. they could be held in contempt and, eventually, prosecuted for defying a court order. >> elie honig and tim obrien, thanks both very much. >> thanks, john. join jake tapper and anderson cooper for a gathering inside the capitol with police, lawmakers, and leaders, live from the...