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To follow the guidance. and then again today. all i can tell you is that all the guidelines were observed. but tonight, outrage from the opposition. last year at christmas, the public followed the rules, and many of them didnt see their loved ones 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 w...

That these cases are not falling out in the exact same way but people in the periphery are watching them and they know criminal contempt is on the table, which is why it was our understanding that meadows agreed to cooperate in the first place. hes given over 6,000 documents. hes among the people who have been subpoenaed for their phone records for the telecommunications companies. and then as we move forward and look at that exclusive reporting by cnn, amazing reporting from my colleagues, ther...

There may be questions where it doesnt apply. they have to produce documents. the fifth amendment has much narrower application to documents. and then if the committee determines that its a legitimate invocation of the constitutional privilege, committee can go to court and can get an immunity order to force testimony if the testimony is important, or if the committee thinks its illegitimate for whatever reason like you wrote a book, roger stone has talked a lot about these episodes. others invo...

>> well, obviously theyre going to have to do what they do and theyre a separate body. i can tell you that weve tried to work with the committee to provide them and even offered them other options in terms of answering questions that if this has a true legislative intent, we want to help them fix the problem where it never happens again.is i can tell you that, you know, theyve been aggressive about holding people in contempt and, you know, theyll do what they need to do.e hopefully the courts ca...

Isjohnson hasn�*t even visited the memorial wall opposite westminster which where we have all that they could hit hearts to our lost loved ones. so i think it is a very limited communication if any, whatsoever. brute limited communication if any, whatsoever.— limited communication if any, whatsoever. . , ., whatsoever. we must leave it there, but thank you _ whatsoever. we must leave it there, but thank you so _ whatsoever. we must leave it there, but thank you so much _ whatsoever. we must ...

Bird in hand here, you cant un -- you cant take it back from you if you have it. >> we have significant amounts of information that will be helpful in our investigation. >> hes not going to show up to this deposition, correct? >> thats our expectation. and it is unfortunate. >> and you have already the committee -- the committee has already voted to hold him in contempt of congress, correct? >> no. that was mr. clark. >> im sorry. that was clark. thank you for correcting me there. so is meadows ...

Nbc news that has requested phone records as part of its inquiry, and that they only saw information on the dates and times of communications. nevertheless committee chairman bennie thompson has again issued a warning that by now borders on the routine quo, if indeed mr. meadows refuses to appear, the select committee will be left with no choice but to advance contempt seedings and recommend that the body in which mr. meadows once served to refer him for criminal prosecution. then i chairman tho...

Morning. he had originally cooperated with the committee, but then reversed course this week. with me now, capitol hill correspondent ali vitali and ana palmer, founder of punch bowl news and an msnbc contributor. thank you for being with me. ali, i was just hearing you with stephanie ruhle with some breaking news. what do we know? >> reporter: yeah, jose, just a few minutes ago, we got this letter from chairman bennie thompson that was sent to mark meadows attorney, effectively confirming where...

The rules and they can do exactly what they like. the political backlash has started too. last year at christmas the public followed the rules and many of them didnt see their loved ones over christmas _ some of them didnt see their loved ones again. they had the right to expect the government to follow the rules. we now know the government broke the rules, they partied, and now theyre laughing about it. theyre treating the public with contempt. the prime minister has been repeatedly asked about...

Still expect him to tell them what he knows. today, the leaders of that investigation, the chairman, democratic congressman bennie thompson, vice chair, republican congressman, liz cheney, released a statement about that. says in part quote, tomorrows deposition, which was schedule at mark meadows requests, will go forward as planned. if indeed mr. meadows refuses to appear, the committee will be left no choice but to advance contempt for seedings and recommend that the body in which mr. meadows...