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House bureau chief ashley parker and jonathan capehart. ashley, jeffrey clark is trying to avoid a contempt of court. he was being pushed by former president trump to become acting ag because he was the only one of higher ranking people who were willing to go along with the stop the steal, the election was a fraud bit. and the only reason he didnt become agenting ag is because everybody else was going to quit on account of a repeat of the friday -- saturday night massacre, rather. what are they ...

And if he persists in lying then, he will be accountable under the laws of this great nation. and subject to criminal penalties for every false word he speaks. >> the republican vice chair of the january six investigation, liz cheney, and communications mr. trump has -- if he presses him lying hell be accountable under the laws of this great nation. and subject to criminal penalties for every false word he speaks. we shall see. i will tell you -- we told you last night that the january 6th inves...

Economics class if youre young because then youll be able to laugh at this and not get taken. >> jesse: they did this with the coronavirus. cases exploding 20%! cases went from four to six. i dont know if the democrats are dumb or they think the american people are dumb. if the democrats are dumb, that makes sense. it would explain their dumb policies. if they think the american people are so dumb that they will see this and go, joe, thank you. im so grateful, then it really pisses me off becaus...

Spot here and a critically important witness as this 1/6 committee is doing such a good job of driving forward every day pushing towards the truth to make sure that these kinds of activities, these apparent election fraud conspiracies, cant happen again. >> paula, we know meadows has agreed to an initial deposition by the committee after a long tame of back and forth. what have the expectations of how forthcoming he may be? >> the committee is cautiously optimistic. hes arguably the best witness...

6th investigation had voted to hold the former trump justice official jeff clark in contempt for refusing to cooperate with the investigation. he plans to take the fifth amendment when deposed in the committee. in the rules committee they said they will hold off on making that referral to the justice department or not until after clark has his deposition and opportunity to plead the fifth this weekend. well tell you one other thing, though, happened add that meeting not expected. also announced ...

With your committee on saturday. when he does that, will the full house still vote to hold him in contempt or not? he is a justice official. it is remarkable really. >> it is remarkable. this was a senior justice department official now telling us if he were to testify and answer our questions that it might implicate him in criminal activity. but honestly we dont know what will happen on saturday because the correspondence we received from mr. clarks lawyer has been a confusing hodgepodge of leg...

The panel voted unanimously to recommend that the House find Jeffrey Clark in contempt of Congress.

Washington [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): The US House committee probing the January 6 attack on the Capitol has voted in favour of seeking a contempt charge against former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark.

Press, but he still refused to answer questions about it. now he is asserting at the 11th hour, when he was going to be held in contempt, a fifth amendment privilege. now, that fifth amendment, doesnt apply if what hes really trying to do is not protect himself from incrimination, protect donald crump trump from incrimination. in terms of how the committee will ascertain whether hes invoking that in good faith, we will have to assess that when he comes and testifies. whether he is invoking the f...

And do it under oath and then be prosecuted for perjury or contempt of congress if you choose not to apply. it again, its putting him -- putting him in a tough position -- well, not in a tough position. but either come in and testify and be held in contempt or prosecuted or lord knows what. but its serious, though. and like you said, shes on an island and alone among her party, which is the great tragedy of what should have been a fully bipartisan process. >> and to the saga of mark meadows, wha...