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Thats a violation of the records act, in which case anyone who participated in eliminating or erasing the records needs to be held accountable. and on the other hand, this whole thing with the subpoenas, we have this tension and really the justice department does need to do their job and back up congress when they hold the people in contempt. in order to allow the wheels to move the way theyre supposed to. >> and a lot more to come on this if they can get any of these answers from their potentia...

Well, theyve been in place for weeks. the concerns are growing all of the time. people have — are missing the planting season all of the time. they are in dire need of support. the numbers are growing. and so really, what we need to see now is everyone focusing on trying to facilitate aid — and whether that is the tigray forces or the ethiopian federal government or the eritrean forces — and really, any action thats taken to hamper that operation could result in the loss of tens of thousan...

Scavino and former trump advisor peter navarro in contempt after both men refused to comply with committee subpoenas. those referrals her head to the house and then to the department of justice where the attorney general merrick garland will be left to decide on whether to criminally indict the two men. -- chief legal correspondent for msnbc and host of the beat with already. ari, video of your interviews with peter navarro were shown in that committee hearing. part of the reason that was done w...

Under his name in the same case on friday. so the committee, not having access to an actual call logs, has gone about subpoenaing phone records, dance casinos fighting that. how important is that aspect of the investigation? >> well, all of these pieces, its really important that we have them to put them together. to determine what was the web of communications that happened that day. so, its not just dan scavino, but theres others who we think, and we understand through testimony, it hunter wit...

Each of them could be extremely important, but im not sure that any one person is strictly necessary if others are cooperating. but navarro was one of the architects of this ridiculous green-based sweet plan that they came up with. they certainly can talk to how they put that together, who he spoke to about it, including trump. he could be crucial in terms of that one-on-one time with the former president. and scavino was also very close to the president, including on january 6th as he was sitti...

>> navarro doubling down last night that we heard in the interview. he said if trump waives the privilege i will be happy to comply. if the committee approves the report, it will be sent to the house who votes on whether to recommend to doj, the justice department, indict mr. navarro like it indicted mr. bannon for the same contempt. bannon and navarro. there is no debate. no denial that they worked together for ma they call a sweep but that looks -- looks a lot like a kourp. and now within the ...

Media that will say, hunter bidens laptop is fake that they had to come out and say oh, no, thats real. they are going to give us the crack pipe all day long, but these people dont care. look at brown jackson is about to be nominated into the supreme court. none of this is done on accident. it is a purposeful destabilization of the middle class. that is what i am. im a middle-class person trying to save it. im not here to virtue signal, im just tired of being -- im tired of the government tellin...

Im not sure what the holdup is. what do you think is going on? >> thats the $1 million question. theyve been holding it for three months p. i think theyre very reluctant to do it for two reasons, one, because meadows did cooperate at one point. he didnt completely stonewall them. and secondly, because he was in the white house at the time. he actually was a government employee at the time. and so as, albeit, a very thin possibility of executive privilege, but has that claim, and the justice depa...

Contempt for the truth itself. today, russia has strangled democracy. putin has the gall to say hes denazi-fying ukraine. its a lie. its just cynical. he knows that. and its also obscene. dont even think about holding on to one single inch of nato territory. we have sacred obligations. we have a sacred obligation under article five to defend each and every inch of nato territory. with the full force of our collective power. ukraine will never be a victim for russia, where free people refuse to l...

Subpoenas. there is every indication that the house will hold both men in a contempt, and then it would be up to the department of justice to criminally charge. like it already has four top trump advisor, steve bannon, who refused to reply the subpoena. his trial schedule this summer. while navarro say they are protected by executive privilege, many committee members explained why that is not true. >> police barest the nonsense talk about executive privilege rejected now by every court has looke...