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Over christmas. some of them didnt see their loved ones again. they had the right to expect the government to follow the rules, and we now know the government broke the rules, they partied, and now theyre laughing about it. theyre treating the public with contempt. boris johnson has tried i to lead us a merry dance, tried to claim that these things didnt happen. i his position, i would have to say, is untenable. - near quiet from number 10 itself tonight, a statement only. as we have repeatedly ...

Source close to trump says he hates meadows book and feels betrayed by him. while, wish he could take that word back. now it looks like meadows will have to choose between appeasing his former boss and avoiding contempt for a. following his investment today, the committee released a statement saying tomorrows deposition, which was schedule and mr. meadows requests, will go for it as planned. if indeed mr. meadows refuses to appear, the select committee will be left no choice but to advance conte...

The most clear cut of the group, it seems. >> absolutely because bannon, he was not working at the white house at the time, so even though the question of whether or not you could hold somebody in contempt despite their claims of executive privilege, and the private citizen that was unsettled and it did seem to weigh against bannon. mark immediate owes, hoo was the white house chief of sta of and he can say this is covered by executive privilege and i cannot speak to these questions. keep in min...

>> reporter: kate, the chairman in this letter released this morning, he tells mark meadows, the former chief of staff, that the committee has no choice but to advance criminal contempt proceedings against him given that hes decided to no longer cooperate with the committee. hes going to recommend that the body in which meadows once served must refer him for criminal prosecution. interestingly, kate, the letter reveals new details about the previous correspondence between meadows and the committ...

Contempt judicial action, and it suggests theyre not going to give us the complete action, the complete story. that will be a question of whether the justice department is willing to step in if and when republicans take over the house in 2022 as midterms usually go. >> ron, kim, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. next, a man who says january 6th was just a rehearsal for a much more serious coup attempt next time. is he right? ♪ wait, oh, yes ♪ wait a minute, mr. postman ♪ ye...

Seen them do already with jeffrey clark and steve bannon. >> you also have news on roger stone. whatd you learn? >> reporter: yeah, roger stone, even when he was served this subpoena, said that he wasnt going to cooperate. he was going to plead the fifth. that has now become official, in a letter that he sent the committee through his attorney, saying that he wasnt going to work with them and that he was going to plead the fifth on this. there are a lot of people now at this point, steph, who ar...

The rules, and we now know the government broke the rules, they partied, and now theyre laughing about it. theyre treating the public with contempt. boris johnson has tried i to lead us a merry dance, tried to claim that these things didnt happen. i his position, i would have to say, is untenable. - near quiet from number 10 itself tonight, a statement only... as we have repeatedly stated, there was no christmas party. covid rules have been followed at all times. but there is genuine concern in ...

And aggressive but faces the limitations of the clock and the trial for steve bannons contempt by a trump judge, the date was not set until july so certainly someone like mark meadows think they can out weight this. you look at this and say i mean, i think the conclusion has to be that whatever the committee can do, where is the criminal invest investigation? in the watergate 1974 the supreme court, im not the lawyer but the supreme court clearly indicated executive privilege is not an absolute ...

Appear for a deposition tomorrow or cooperate with the committee anymore. chairman thompson saying in a statement tonight, quote if indeed mr. meadows refuses to appear, the select committee will be left no choice but no advance contempt proceedings and recommend the body mr. meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution. it comes as we are learning about the crucial evidence meadows already handed over to the committee before ending all cooperation today. jamie gangel is out front. she...

His responses with the trump team. so, any documents hes providing to the committee, hes intending to let the trump team know ahead of time and coordinate with them. so its not clear exactly whether shorts cooperation is going to be a sort of full, open component that the committee would like it to be. >> and theres the question, katie, about what doj does. theyve got bannon. the committee is talking about a possible contempt citation for jeffrey clark. theres a possibility that now hangs over m...