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Goes on and on. >> tucker: that was a really interesting conversation, its on tucker carlson today on fox nation, you can watch for free if you go to tuckercarlson.com. in we are out of time tonight. we will be back tomorrow night 8:00 p.m. you know what we are light, we wont repeat it. now, americas one and only, the great sean hannity takes over. >> sean: you can say it, sworn enemy of smugness, you are running out of time. ive got it in for you, thats what friends do. thank you. welcome to ha...

Give him any -- for the former president who assumes that he can do, it which he cant. we are here simply because mr. meadows did not cooperate with us. we will do what the law allows us to do. we gave him every opportunity. as you know, last week, we had this situation. we pulled it back in hopes of mr. meadows and his attorney coming in and talking to us. but at the end, they didnt. so we dont have much choice. and thats why the committee went forward this evening with the recommendation on co...

Should it pass, it wouldnt be up to the justice department to file charges. another trump advisor, steve bannon, already faces two counts of contempt against congress. his trial, scheduled to start in july. there is also a grim update tonight on that severe weather that devastated a huge swath of our country, friday night. dozens of tornadoes tore across nine different states. and in kentucky alone, at least 74 people are dead. another 109 unaccounted for. governor andy beshear, describe the fra...

Conceivable privilege baseis to refuse to testify on this topic. he is in contempt. third, in the weeks before january 6th, president trumps appointees at the justice department, informed him repeatedly that the presidents claims of election fraud were not supported by the evidence. and that the election was not in fact stolen. president trump intended to appoint jeffrey clarke, as attorney general he. in part so mr. clarke could alter department of justices conclusions regarding the election. m...

And perhaps this effort to hold him in contempt might have a chilling effect on other witnesses. i can tell you members of the committee arent buying that argument. they will move forward. but i expect theres a lot more to come out of these 9,000 pages of documents that meadows turned over than just these text messages. >> we dont know who the lawmakers are involved in the texts. any hints on that so far? >> the committee chairman talked to our colleague about this earlier today and they are not...

We have a little breaking in us to get to and i will see you soon. well break in with this. the house rules committee in a hearing right now discussing a measure to hold former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows in contempt for defying a subpoena from the panel which is investigating the january 6 capitol riot. meadows has refused to testify. the rules committee is set to vote on that resolution soon. chad pergram will have a full live report later this hour. one of the things ill ask...

The text messages from the fox news hosts did not come up, but he did say this. >> lets be clear about this, sean. this is not about holding me in contempt. its not even about making capitol safer. this is about donald trump and about actually going after him once again, continuing to go after donald trump. and when we look at the real results of this investigation, it is not really -- the foundation is not based on a legislative purpose. >> fox news did not immediately respond to requests for c...

Insurrection, saying publicly the opposite of what they were texting privately. heres how meadows responded last night. >> what theyve done is had a contempt vote. weve tried very hard, in a very transparent and accommodating way, to share non-privileged information. what we found out tonight is not only did that get disregarded, but then they tried to weaponize text messages, selectively leak them, and put out a narrative that, quite frankly, the president didnt act. i can tell you, the preside...

Privilege claim. >> that was the chairman of the committee investigating january 6th, benny thompson in the last hour addressing the house rules committee. theyre discussing a resolution recommending mark meadows be held in contempt of congress. a full vote by the house is expected later today. last night the select committee voted to hold meadows in contempt over his refusal to testify after initially he did cooperate. the committee shared more details about the documents and text messages that...

The committee chairman bennie thompson, not adam schiff. my mistake. but committee is clear they are going to pursue criminal contempt. they could refer this to the justice department for possible prosecution because meadows has suddenly decided to stonewall the committee. >> so theres damning evidence about why meadows should be complying with the subpoena. certainly theres a lot of points of inquiry that would not be subjected to executive privilege. how likely is it the justice department wou...