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And a fine of up to $100,000 for each count. a judge recently set bannons trial date for next july. earlier this month the january 6th committee also voted in favor of holding jeffrey clark in contempt. you remember him. the former department of justice official who tried to help donald trump steal the election especially in georgia. this vote tonight on mark meadows is a particularly big deal. the white house chief of staff is an extremely important role. last year meadows was considered one of...

Supreme court says about it. >> so meadows would be the second person held in contempt if the full house agrees. how do you think the justice department will act? >> i think this is a pretty straightforward case because of meadows wholesale refusal to show up. he has non-privileged testimony that the committee wants. and notwithstanding any good faith disagreements about executive privilege protected communications. there is a whole host of information that the committee has set forth that they ...

That will shell out $25 for his book but in the face of the lawful subpoena from the select committee as we work to get answers for the american people, the only thing mr. meadows will share are his excuses. we dont accept his excuses. he member held accountable. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield back. >> chair yields back. chair recognizes the gentlewoman, ms. murphy. >> thank you. in a few moments ill vote to recommend the house find former white house chief of staff mark meadows in contempt fo...

Complying with a subpoena from the 1:6 committee and he faces prosecution. mark meadows additionally helped and withdrew his cooperation. he is suing the committee claiming executive privilege. >> this is not about me holding me in contempt. this is about donald trump and about actually going after him once again, continuing to go after donald trump. they are going to find that not only did the president act but he acted quickly. >> the committee revealed messages sent by donald trump junior and...

Still have a former president of the united states promoting these lies to the extent that 60%, 60% of republicans believe that the current president is illegitimate. mark meadows is the guy who knows about that stuff, and we need to know all the ins and outs of what is still an ongoing threat to our democracy. >> its interesting that meadows has now stopped cooperating with the select committee, but certainly hasnt been shy on his appearances on fox and other conservative news met works. watch ...

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United states should be working with. its surprising and shocking to see a former president saying those words. >> you can look at his presidency and you can see he loved tyrants and he talked about it all the time how much he loves them. he had absolutely contempt for democratically elected, western democratic leaders as admiral said like angela merkel. we know thats donald trump, hes going to say things like that. whats really disturbing is we actually have people in the audience who applaud a...

Shielding it from disclosure. but it is also true that not everything he knew or did during that period is privileged. mark meadows knows that. its why he sent us the documents he did and what made his book possible. thats why the law required him to show up for his deposition and specify in response to each question what the answer was and whether or not that answer in fact was privileged from disclosure. his refusal to compile with the direction of congress stated plainly on the face of the se...

Department will also move quickly. >> some republicans are pushing back, why not go for civil contempt? >> well, we have to demonstrate, i think, the seriousness of this. this was an armed attack on the capitol in which people died. and congress needs and demands answers. and if youre going to have someone essentially say, im not even going to bother to show up, that ought to be dealt with the greatest severity we can. we need these people to come in from the text messages. you can see his testi...

Entrepreneurships, the way people treat life there, just 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 we are out of time tonight. we will be back tomorrow nightf 8: you know what we are like, we wont repeat it. lnow, americas one and only, the great sean hannity takes over. >> sean: you can say it, sworn enemy of smugness, you are running out o ive got it in for you, thats what friends do. th...