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His lawyer. and at least some federal courts have said thats a complete defense to a charge of contempt. executive privilege is not limited to white house officials. bannon wasnt in the white house. people point this out a lot. but the justice department in a 2007 office of legal counsel opinion said the whole point is for presidents to get candid advice from anybody, so its not limited to just white house officials. although its clearly strongest for people around the presidents official advise...

Potentially get some additional protection of privilege but it is not clear at this point if president biden will be willing to invoke that on his behalf. we know he still has a couple weeks though his attorney has signaled he is not ready to cooperate. he has document due the next week and the week after. he has been asked to do a deposition but at this point it is not clear if theyll come to agreement, compromise, or if he too could be found in contempt. >> thank you so much. speaking of ste...

Lines during a house rules committee meeting on that contempt citation yesterday. but now it goes to a full vote in the democratic-controlled house, and assuming that goes against bannon, the case then moves to the u.s. attorneys office in washington, d.c. that u.s. attorney is required by law to put the issue to a grand jury. a spokesman for the u.s. attorney said this week that if the house, in fact, certifies that contempt citation, it will evaluate the matter on the facts and the law. the th...

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That the actions of the mob that stormed the capitol and invaded this very chamber came as no surprise to him. he and a few others were, by all accounts, involved in planning that days events and encouraged by those who attacked the cap capitol, our officers and our democracy. i have no doubt that mr. bannons scorn for our subpoena, but no one, and i repeat no one, is above the law, and we need to hear from him. as the select committees contempt report states, it is mr. bannon who predicted on j...

Holding trump aide steve bannon in contempt, 229 to 202. wild democrats led the effort it was bipartisan we nine republicans joining in a statement that the rule of law matters. >> on this vote, the ye as are 229 and the ayes are 202 and the resolution is adopted and the motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> and there it is. the most concrete next step would come at the department of justice, which must decide whether to indict and prosecute bannon if he continues to de lie a lawful subp...

Carefully at the redistricting which is occurring as we speak now as the result of the census. we continue to do that and vigorously make sure that section 2 is appropriately enforced. >> if you should find given states reapportionment for example was unconstitutional and you sued it could take six or eight years for those suits to be resolved as weve seen and another reason for the necessity for section 5 pre-clearance. i have one last question for you. the country and congress is still reeling...

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Need as far as opening up the investigation now, the investigative file can be kind of open now and shared with them because they deserve that. >> theres no question about that. but the question is how does this end? and the people with the most information have said the least. joey jackson, bobby shacone, thank you so much. a big night, glad to have you both. another legal issue, merrick garland is the attorney general. hes going to have a big decision to make. it may be a slam dunk for the d...

Your weight shortly, thank you. >> john: thank you congressman. they recessed but one of those coming up later is whether or not to hold president trumps chief political advisor steve bannon in contempt for defying subpoena from january 6th commission. i think thats what we heard jim jordan speaking to briefly as we dipped in. would not be the affirmative. for more on all of this lets bring in congressional chad pergram. chad, this matter came up in an exchange between eric swalwell and attorney...