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Committee stands adjourned. and that was it. a unanimous vote for contempt for mr. clark, the former justice department official. but, some unexpected turns in there, including that he is going to be allowed to come in and has agreed to come in for a deposition this saturday. essentially, to plead the fifth. lets go to ryan nobles back with me on capitol hill. ryan, explain what just happened because, obviously, the reason he is held in contempt is because he appeared on november 5th. and trie...

Republican leaders arent taking action of their own members who are making these comments. wolf. >> disgusting comments could have really horrible, horrible consequences endangering members of the united states house of representatives. lauren fox, thank you very much for that report. and to our viewers, thanks very much for watching. im wolf blitzer. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. outfront next. holding a trump ally in contempt. the january 6th select committee just moments away fr...

Do, what the mobilization looks like. that will be where history turns if it does. thank you both. tonight, just minutes before we came on air, a surprise development. something we have been monitoring, the january 6 committee met to issue their second contempt citation. jeffrey clark now wants a second chance to appear before the committee. we will get into that with someone on the committee and what thats all about next. frequent heartburn? not anymore. the prilosec otc two-week challenge

Contempt of congress looks like read the transcript of mr. clarks deposition because what you find there is contell for congress and for the american people, contempt for the rule of law, contempt for the constitution. >> mr. clark is not excused from testifying simply because president trump is trying to hide behind inapplicable claims of executive privilege. >> that was chairman bennie thompson and vice chair liz cheney kicking off the eat meeting the house select committee thats investigating...

With steve bannon. it took from the time of the committee vote to hold him in contempt, 24 days between then and the indictment coming out. so it could take several weeks to happen. this would be the second criminal contempt referral. and lastly, jeffrey clark, the reason theyre going after him is hes a former doj official who the committee believes encouraged the former president to try to overturn the election by having the justice department make fabricated claims about widespread election fr...

Vulnerable are already the most vulnerables. communities of color, low income, non-binary and transsibling. >> as you said this was 40 years ago, a lot of people dont know what it is like to live without these basic rights. they are about to find out. congresswoman eye i dont knowa presley thank you. up next, much more on the supreme courts arguments on abortion rights. whats going to happen if fundamental rights are suddenly left up to the states? you can probably guess. you are looking liv...

I think that they have made this choice over and over again to deny access. this is -- the real kind of antenna, the kind of -- the thing that went up for me was the poke around the states rights. whenever they start talking about the states rights, the notion this our if you know rights are going to be left to state legislatures -- thats a huge reg flad that we have to really get under. >> and wait until they go to their next act. they tried to use birth control as the excuse, we can do it beca...

Individually. >> as you point out, the select committee actually voted last night on a criminal contempt referral for this former high-ranking justice department official, jeffrey clark. but he has one last opportunity, right, to cooperate at a saturday deposition thats now scheduled. clark plans supposedly to plead the fifth. so what would you need to see from him saturday to stand down on the contempt process? >> well, mr. clark would need to come before the committee and in good faith attempt...

My guest. lets go out front. and good evening. im erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news. the january 6th select committee just minutes away from a vote to try to hold former-justice department official jeffrey clark in criminal contempt. now, we are going to bring that to you when it it happens. clark tried to help trump overturn the 2020 election and st stonewalled the committee last month. if the vote passes, clark is likely to become the second person to be held in contempt. th...

That would have had a backlash against republican politicians in a court if they overturned roe v. wade. already they are in the democratic camp. i am not totally convinced that this will rebound to the democrats favor. we have to see both whether this is eclipsed but other issues like covid and the economy heading into midterms. >> i never could have droemd a switch in topic to one-six would be a preferable subject. here we are. lets talk about mr. clark. they voted to hold him in contempt toni...