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A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court by Surjit Singh Yadav, Vice President of Hindu Sena, opposing the contempt petition that sought action against officers of the Haryana government for their alleged inaction against the disruptions of namaz prayers at open places in Gurugram.

The legal fights have deepened with a new application to jail Sarrai Group directors and the receiver-manager Ponangipalli Venkata Ramana Rao.

Of people understandably want to go, look, that was -- id just as soon not face it. you got to face it. thats what great nations do. they face the truth. deal with it and move on. >> reporter: mr. president -- >> before we go, i do want to ask, though, you know, former president trump was supposed to give a press conference today. he didnt do it, but steve bannon is doing it in his place. mark meadows and steve bannon have been held in contempt but steve bannon is out there continuing to push th...

Whatever gap there was between what was illegal and ought to be illegal and how to fortify our democracy. the department of justices role will be on the criminal prosecution, and if there are referrals in addition to contempt, they should also pursue those measures. whats important here as well is remember the last time we had public hearings for the january 6th select committee. it was the officers, select officers who were attacked, some of whom describe the racial epithets that were thrown in...

0 its impossible to deny that. >> as president biden will discuss this morning january 6th represents an ongoing threat to our democracy. in the year since nearly 20 states have passed laws to restrict voting and in many republican circles trumps big lie about the 2020 election still goes unchallenged. bottom line, january 6 has become a stark testament to the fractured nation weve become and warning sign for what is coming next. with us throughout the hour, nbcs monica alba, she covers the whit...

The united states and others in the days before and during january 6th insurrection. released in letter to sean hannity, asking he cooperate with their investigation. its not first time hannity has been featured in the investigation surrounding january 6th. thanks to donald trumps former chief of staff mark meadows. in november meadows turned over a trove of about 9,000 documents, texts and emails he said were not privileged. before it was time to appear before the committee, he backed out but h...

Place as the investigation is moving ahead swiftly. a committee has already indicated it may refer some individuals for criminal prosecution. during the committees vote to hold mark meadows in contempt, liz cheney signalled a focus for possible charges of his boss, the ex-president. >> these non-privileged texts are further evidence of president trumps supreme dereliction of duty during those 187 minutes. and mr. meadows testimony will bear on another key question before this committee. did dona...

Willing to subpoena and then hold in contempt if necessary. >> yeah, though it did seem like he was not exactly embracing the idea of kicking lawmakers off committees. there have been questions about the validity of subpoenas from lawmakers to other lawmakers to testify. im interested to see what other tools the committee has to compel their testimony and whether they decide its worth it. remember, anything they decide to do in this committee could be precedent for future committees and congress...

187 minutes. >> yeah. >> they are going to tell you where the president was, what he was doing, what other people were doing, who was urging him to go out there and speak, what he was thinking, who was e-mailing and texting whom? so its going to be all out there. and they are doing a thorough investigation and even if the bright, shiny objects, like the mark meadows of the world are going to be held in contempt because theyre refusing to testify. but they are going to present a full picture. the...

Attorney general garland, as i think the questions get more and more pointed and pregnant in terms of whether or not anyone who planned the overthrow of the government is going to face any reckoning for it in criminal law. so thats wednesday. open question, potentially to be answered by the attorney general on that day. were also right now still waiting on the department of justice to decide whether theyre going to prosecute criminal contempt charges against trumps white house chief of staff mar...