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The hill. this is a standard oversight hearing. this house vote would toss the bannon hot potato to his department, doj. this is what mr. garland said in an exchange with the committee a few moments ago. >> the country and the congress is still reeling from the events of january 6th, and the select committee is diligently pursuing the investigation into the insurrection. this week chairman thompson and his colleagues voted to hold in contempt steve bannon who failed to comply with the select com...

Address this. >> charles: we have to get to washington d.c. with some major news. now president biden has a chance to fix that. so far its not so well. thanks very much. again, folks, right now the house voting to hold steve bannon to criminal contempt of congress. bannon refusing to comply with the subpoena to appear before the january 6th committee. chad pergram is following this story on capitol hill and he joins us now. chad? >> good afternoon. well, the vote is still open right now. the hou...

>> it is really quite shocking when you listen to steve scalise, their number 2, the gop number 2 member of the house, just a week ago couldnt admit that the election wasnt stolen. no wonder he doesnt want the contempt to go forward. you know, he feels evidently the republican leadership does, its more important to support the cult of donald trump than it is to defend their own democracy. and its this abdication of their oath of office that has our democracy on such fragile ground. >> and there ...

Attack and very outspoken about it. today on the house -- today on the floor, the house will vote to approve this contempt resolution led by the committee to find the truth. okay. so everything that, again, weve got the -- everything the congressional -- the sanctity of the vote, the assault on the constitution and meeting the needs of the people, we have a busy, busy few days here. any questions? >> madam speaker, on bannon, why is it important that republicans vote to hold him in contempt? >> ...

A lawful congressional subpoena. members of congress for them to not even back up congressional power is extraordinary. >> it is extraordinary. and it really defies the expectation of the founders that members of the congressional branch would defend their own institution. that ambition could be made to check ambition. but here, they are willing to sacrifice the congress. they are willing to sacrifice their systems of checks and balances in the service of this unethical-former president. and it ...

It. today on the house -- today on the floor of the house will vote to approve this contempt resolution led by the committee to find the truth. okay. so everything that, again, weve got the -- everything the congressional -- the sanktty of the salt, the assault on the constitution and meeting the needs of the people. we have a busy few days here. any questions? >> reporter: bannon, why is it important that republicans vote to hold him in contempt? >> because they take an oath to protect and defe...

People in the speakers gallery, i will tell you if you want me to describe what evil looks like, its looking into those faces, in those people, while three police officers were in front of the door trying to protect us they were smashing the windows open to get at people. the fact that somehow asking questions about trying to figure out why this happened, who is responsible, that that is a bad thing. give me a break. >> give me a break. congressman jim mcgovern today, in his capacity as the chai...

Discussing all hour, the house of representatives has voted to hold steve bannon in contempt of congress. nine republicans joining all of the democrats. congressman jim himes says inherent contempt is not off the table. joining our coverage, former republican strategist steve schmidt. my friend, what are your thoughts? >> well, this is an important power for congress to exercise. we remained, at least for a little while longer in this country, a nation of laws, and steve bannon has shown contemp...

Seen as a mutual arbiter, somebody who weighs cases on fact and law. in this instance where congress is seeking to defend its ability and its institutional power to compel witnesses, i think theres argument in favor of interest. steve bannon has refused even to appear. if he believes he has executive privilege claim, he needs to assert it on a question-by-question basis, not simply defy the subpoena. >> and certainly the committees argument they need to show their subpoenas are worth more than t...

Executive privilege is not limited, though justice department said in a 2007 office of legal counsel, two initials in the government, that the whole point is the president wants to get candid at vice from anybody. the other point is the justice department has never before charged anybody with contempt involving a claim of executive privilege. this would set a precedent. thats always something the justice department has to take into consideration. those are some of the things the u.s. attorneys o...