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Serious questions about whether mark meadows has any legitimate use of executive privilege. one, the former president, legally, the kind of conversations mark meadows and donald trump were having apparently on january 6th are probably not protected by executive privilege. it is meant to protect policy discussions not shield wrongdoing. it is really important to see what the committee does here and i think it is imperative they hold meadows in contempt. otherwise theyll open up the floodgates for...

Grand jury in d.c. of contempt of congress, mark meadows committed the precise same crime. he thumbed his nose at a congressional season and didnt bother showing up. i think its time for the house select committee to step up, pull out the stops and hold these people accountable for being in contempt. >> and we may see another contempt vote in the house coming up pretty soon. tom and glenn, thank you both. i know well be talking about both of these cases mr. >> talks to salvage the nuclear deal w...

Prosecution. defendants are allowed to do that. roger stone put up an image of cross-hairs an the judge up on social media. if it gets to that point, that is when you expect to see a gag order. dont think steve bannon is there yet. >> and while the january 6 committee moved quickly to hold bannon in contempt, we vent seen it like with mark meadows. here is what were hearing from the chitty on this. >> i expect that there is going to be movement on mark meadows that well know about shortly, in th...

Citation against clark as well. members of the january 6th committee have also spoken recently about pursuing a similar recommendation of contempt against mark meadows, former chief of staff, then chief of staff to president trump, who would arguably have a longer argument of privilege. well be back with more "meet the press daily" right after this. this up the stairs. when you have an irregular heartbeat, its more. its dignity. the freedom to go where you want, knowing your doctor can watch ove...

For his subpoena, but he has engaged with the committee. theres been some engagement with the committee, he and his lawyers have engaged somewhat with the committee. now, clark is a completely different level as far as the committee is concerned. as you noted, he showed up for his deposition and didnt give them anything. hes claimed a lot of blanket, you know, just immunity from having to testify. so i think the way the committee looks at it, theyre not on the same level, so theyre going to move...

Attorney/client privilege and there should be movement on clark as well. the committee will be very busy this week on a number of fronts. meadows and clark included. >> the committee will in part be impact what had happens in the court. the appeals court hears the trump arguments he somehow has executive privilege. well see how the court rules on that and the department of just cities trying to rein in steve bannon, cited for contempt and faces federal charges and the justice department says the...

Partial shutdown will go into effect this friday. thats not all. treasury secretary janet yellen has given congress a december 15th deadline to raise the debt limit to avoid a default. and the presidents build back better legislative package is now in the senate with majority leader chuck schumer hoping for a vote before christmas. joining me now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent leigh ann caldwell and politico white house reporter eugene daniels, hes also an msnbc contributor. lee ann, i wan...

And he appeared before the committee a few weeks ago behind closed doors but failed to cooperate. and so now the committee is finally acting. they are going to vote wednesday night to refer criminal contempt charges regarding jeffrey clark. if that vote passes, which it is expected to, it would go to the full house, which would also have to vote, before its sent to the justice department. weve already seen this play out with steve bannon, who is awaiting trial as we speak for those charges, aaro...

Connected in this pandemic, and the way were sharing information is unprecedented and great example of how the global community can work together to defeat a virus. >> if theres a positive, that is one to focus on. thank you. >> thank you, erica. still to come, congress could issue criminal contempt charges for mark meadows as soon as this week. well have the latest from the january 6th committee. plus, were learning a second case of the omicron variant confirmed now in israel. as we know, a...

Cnn legal analyst. jennifer, good to have you there. to manus question, doj did charge steve bannon. do you expect them, given the differences in their cases, to do the same to mark meadows? that is, if the committee as expected goes forward and declares him in contempt? >> well, jim, this is a much tougher call for the justice department, and in the past they have chosen not to charge with criminal contempt folks that have been referred by congress when the person was at the time sitting execut...