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Adviceor, right. he proudly admits that he wanted to find a way to throw out or block the election results and throw it back to congress. he writes about this entire plan. he has now been subpoenaed. where does that if it into everything? senior legal analyst, elie honig. >> it continues to rain subpoenas from the committee. over 80 that we know of in total. lets start with those issued to former trump white house officials, peter navarro. trade adviser. why is he involved in elections and stuff...

Subpoena. one consequence of not complying with subpoena is being prosecuted for criminal contempt. weve seen steve bannon be indicted for that because hes refused to comply. mark meadows, chief of staff to donald trump in the white house, they referred him to the justice department. they are considering whether to charge him with contempt. so there is that piece out there. and there is a real fear among lawmakers on the hill of what happens here. representative on cnn friday, this is what she s...

Trump. he has the ability to come forward and testify. >> keith kellogg said if he had to choose between pence and trump, im with trump. there are outside advisers. >> colorful group. steve bannon subpoenaed, outright defied his subpoena. he was held in contempt. doj is prosecutorsed. he will be tried in july. roger stone was subpoenaed. he took the fifth. he has the constitutional right to do that. knowing roger stone, probably a smart move. michael flynn was subpoenaed. he filed a lawsuit to b...

He seems quite uninclined to testify calling them domestic terrorists i think is a bit of a tip-off there. as andrew said the committee has to decide whether they want to play hard ball with these folks defying them. there is a growing list of people who received subpoenas and made clear they have no intention to testify. will the committee hold them in contempt? the committee did it for steve bannon and mike meadows and then kind of stopped. is the committee going to continue that route and sen...

In contempt, he showed himself unfit for office. it was a former british prime minister who silenced the raucous house of commons with this. either my right honourable friend had not read the rules, or did not understand what they meant, and others around him, or they didnt think the rules applied to number ten. which was it? but one cabinet minister dismissed the critical voices on the tories�* own side. the people who were criticising him this afternoon particularly in the chamber are the pe...

From the top, which means the president himself had nothing but contempt for the idea of recordkeeping, which means he had nothing but contempt for accountability and consistency. we dont keep records to allow people like me to write books. thats good. we keep records so the president knows exactly what their president did and the presidents themselves feel a little bit of restraint because they know some day they will be judged in the court of history if they abuse the power. >> you both wrote ...

But contempt for the idea of recordkeeping, which means he had nothing but contempt for accountability. thats why we keep records. we dont keep records to allow people like me to write books. thats good. we keep records so the public knows what their presidents did and the presidents feel a little bit of restraint because they know theyll be judged in the court of history if they abuse power. >> and yet you both wrote excellent books. so nice to hear from you both. thank you. >> thank you, laura...

>> i should note that i have at least two people on my staff who were participants in january 6th. i think in a lot of ways the people at the capitol on january 6th were heroes. >> david, have you ever seen anything like this before? >> no. this is really something new, and again, i have been doing this for a long time but the contempt for the rule of law coming from some of these candidates, many of whom have been part of the grift against sincerely disappointed supporters of the former preside...

Government, the media, academia, to silence people with dissenting voices. we see that a lot on college campuses and the rest of us have really got to stand up and say enough, that we believe in free speech, we dont have to agree with legislators like this one to agree that she has a right to speak from her faith and to speak her values. >> john: prosecutors say her statements, put this up on the screen, likely to provoke contempt, intolerance and hatred toward homosexuals. we tend to look at th...

Surrender, a man driving a stolen toyota kept ramming a squad car import -- in washington. the suspect managed to hit other cars and drive off. the officers just let him go. the police chief defended the inaction, citing a new state law severely limiting when cops can give chase. >> if you choose not to stop, what we have instructed and weve put in policies, turn your emergency lights off and turned around and go the other direction. >> since last july police in washington state can no longer pu...