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Inspired by his work and words to protect the ballot. meanwhile, here on the hill the select committee on january 6th continues its work. this week unanimously on a bipartisan basis voting to hold one of the past presidents advisers to contempt for failing to comply with congressional subpoena. the committee is seeking information from bannon that is central to the investigative and legislative purpose, to investigate the january 6th domestic terrorist attack that was intended to interfere with ...

Jurisdiction? >> any understanding is the judge i -- >> he held the warden in contempt but we havent seen improvement. >> he asked for a review and the justice department is conducting a review. the marshals did an inspection the other day that was reported in the news and the civil rights division is examining the circumstances. this is the district of columbia jail not the prison system. >> as i explained to members i view the wearing of facemasks as a safety issue and important matter of orde...

Clearly, he had a reason to say he thought all hell was going to break loose, and it did. he was in communication with the president. he may know something about who organized these rallies, what the participation was going to be among these white nationalists groups. theres one way to find out and thats to put him under oath at this point. if he doesnt, i hope the justice department will put him in jail. >> speaking of the justice department, attorney general garland testified today that the ju...

We have breaking news in our politics lead in the last hour the u.s. house of representatives voted to approve the january 6th committees report recommending that trump ally steve bannon be held for criminal contempt of congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the insurrection. that contempt referral soon were told today will head to the justice department with attorney general merrick garland giving the decision as to whether he will try to prosecute banon. the house vot...

Assault on americans liberty. >> it remains to be seen if any republicans except for the two people on the january six committee will vote to hold steve bannon in contempt. its an important night to have back with us, james carville veteran democratic strategist who rose to national fame with the clinton evert, hes cohost of the politics war room. and mike murphy -- political future at the university of southern california, who cohost the hacks on tap. good evening. james, well talk about lsu fo...

Prosecution require. >> congressional power enforcing subpoenas are limited. congress could compel conditionses to testify via something called inherent contempt. congress used to enforce subpoenas on their own. >> theres not a lot of stomach in congress to try to haul -- send out the sergeant of arms, arrest steve bannon and bring him to the house and throw him in jail. where would you throw him? >> the gop says democrats are focused on the wrong things. >> a legitimate legislative purpose woul...

I think no valid privilege claim to assert and even if he did, he would need to come before the congress and specify which question, which document, the former president was formally asserting privilege. none of that happened. so the facts could be clear. the law also could be clear. and to me, this is an early test of whether our democracy is recovering. in the justice department shrugs and says were not going forward, theyre inviting other contempt of law by other individuals. not just contemp...

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Sneering, cavalier contempt for the american people and their representatives, we will hold you in contempt. we will get to the truth of the violent assault on america. do not believe for one moment that if we fail to hold steve bannon accountable that he will be the exception. he will become the rule. not a rule of law. but the misrule of men. either we are all equal before the law or none of us is. this is the essence of our democracy. >> nine republicans joined democrats in the contempt vote....

Day. the 25-year-old in illinois grad students body was identified nearly a month after his disappearance was reported back in august. his mother joins "new day" in the 8:00 hour. all right. to washington now, the full house much representatives is expected to vote today to hold a trump ally steve bannon in criminal contempt of congress. bannon has refused to cooperate with the committee investigating the january 6th insurrection at the capitol. congresswoman liz cheney, one of two republicans...