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Investigation. that is despite a subpoena forcing his testimony. leading to the news that broke in just the last hour that if he does not appear for a deposition tomorrow, he will be held in contempt. thats according to a new statement from bennie thompson and liz cheney. much like steve bannon, whose case was in court today as we continues to stare down a potential prison sentence for his refusal to comply with a subpoena. of course, the committee can walk and chew gum at the same time. working...

Cnn learned that marc short, the former chief of staff to vice president mike pence, is cooperating with investigators. >> cnn political correspondent sara murray here with more. sara, cooperating not engaging, right? you have some witnesses engaging it seems to avoid criminal contempt charges. is it our understanding hes exchanging information on testimony. >> i think only time tells the extent of the cooperation. that is the indication that my colleagues are getting so far. he did receive a su...

Believed short was responsible -- >> that he was in his ear. >> absolutely. >> tomorrow there is a hearing for steve bannon and expecting discussion of a trial date. hes been indicted on two counts of contempt for refusing to testify for the january 6th committee. he wants the legal battle to play out in a very public way, thats the way to district everybody and make a circus out of it and the court of public opinion or whatever. is this going to go how the committee wants it to? >> i think bann...

Has been giving his reaction. last year at christmas the public followed the rules and many of them did not see their loved ones at christmas. some of them could not 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. they are the public with contempt. the prime minister needs to step up, accept what happened, and apologize. unfortunately we got and apologize. u...

Any kind of obligation to play along with it? >> we shouldnt. but congress has the power to issue criminal contempt. normally, those dont go anywhere in such raids as this. but the department of justice is fully in line. you know theyve already brought one criminal indictment against one of the people that refused to comply. >> this is the guy who wrote the memo and engaged however briefly in some aspirational, unserious law. and robert, it sounds like two things could be true at the same time. ...

Tonight at ten... footage emerges of senior downing street staffjoking this fictional party was a business meeting! and it was not socially distanced. the video, obtained by itv news, shows the then director of communications allegra stratton doing a mock press conference three days before christmas. downing street has again insisted there was no christmas party and covid rules have been followed at all times, but the labour leader says the prime minister must tell the truth and apologise. theyr...

Back into this sort of endless time suck of waiting for the courts to resolve it. >> to the extent me dadows doest want to talk, is he winning here? >> i think he is. they have this deal in place. it allows both sides to save face, meadows is not indicted for contempt and the committee says were getting something out of him. what did you talk about with donald trump on january 6th, how did donald trump react when he goes to the capital. capitol. meadows says nope. charging him with contempt, goi...

Rights who has any possibility of having their own testimony used to prosecute them later has the right to take the fifth. im surprised more people. if steve ban none took the fifth on day one never could have been held in contempt. thats a lawful response to the subpoena. people need to understand how broad the fifth is. you dont have to admit an entire crime. an example, john. say you and i robbed a bank. wed be bad at it but say we did it. cops knock on my door, do you know john berman? not a...

Care about that political impact. >> right, thats the big question. would they allow the committee take the fifth and avoid testifying? thats a good trade off for somebody trying to avoid coming out with the truth and avoid embarrassing themselves and donald trump. >> the fifth amendment is a constitutional right. >> its not easily brushed aside and not a get out of jail free card. you cant be held in contempt but the crimes youre taking the fifth on, you could still be prosecuted for those. >> ...

Legal memos that informed the president and his cronies of how they would potentially overturn the results of the 2020 election. its -- every week has been a crap shoot in terms of what we are going to be hearing from these people and what were going tocrap se get. actually, i think one of the most illuminating public pu documents that we have received so far is the deposition between jeffrey clark and the committee where they released the list of questions that adam schiff wanted to ask jeffrey...