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Testimony. in response to that, refusal from bennett, the committee investigating the attack tonight took action. there are seven democrats on this committee investigating the january 6th attack. seven democrats, and to republicans. all of those committee members were present for the vote tonight. and the vote tonight was unanimous. it was a nine to nothing vote. in support of holding mr. bannon in contempt. now what happens next areas that there will be a vote on the matter in the full house. j...

Consider the fundamental questions of right and wrong here. the american people must know what happened. they must know the truth. all of us who are elected officials must do our duty to prevent the dismantling of the rule of law and to ensure that nothing like that dark day in january ever happens again. >> claire mccaskill, liz cheney restating something weve heard her say many times before to no effect on all those republicans she stands on an island almost with adam kinzinger and a couple ot...

Made up of former members, he had an opportunity to seat republicans. he pulled them, so thats -- i think if theyre whipping against, as ive heard they are, against this vote for contempt, yes. look, the day after the insurrection, kevin mccarthy said that donald trump holds the responsibility for this. two weeks later, he went down and recent receipted his political life when he met with him in mar-a-lago. since then hes done nothing but doing donald trumps bidding. look. people have to stand u...

Big lie. they are worried about primary challenges. they are worried about losing their careers, and thats what makes what liz cheney and adam kinzinger did tonight and what, maybe, some others will do on thursday so notable. >> yeah. and i mean, chuck grassley as we talked about days ago. taking the -- the endorsement of -- of president trump, avoiding even the comments he, himself, had made about the insurrection now. david axelrod, dana bash, appreciate it. thank you. coming up next, a clos...

Peerless design, cutting-edge tech, and a world-class interior. the exhilarating mercedes-benz glc. extraordinary runs in the family. were back now with our breaking news. the house select committee voting to find trump ally steve bannon in contempt for defying their subpoena. so does this move tonight get the committee closer to the answers they need?

Was supposed to testify. he did not show up for the date but he is not being recommended for criminal prosecution? >> what i can tell you is that mr. meadows and mr. patel are engaged with the committee, thats all i can say at this point and so thats why mr. bannon is the only one where youre seeking to elevate to this level with the full house vote for contempt. >> and the chairman mentioned tonight that youve reached out to dozens of witnesses. does that mean youve interviewed dozens of witnes...

Bannon, first of all, it hasnt been asserted. i had one of the lawyers on tonight arguing it. not a cogent case. >> yeah. >> but the bigger question, don, you got nothing to hide. why not come to the committee, or at least if you want to show contempt for the committee, show up and plead the 5th. >> because you want to -- it used to be republicans would say no man is above the law. no one is above the law. we should all be treated equally. law and order until this fellow, this sort of shady real...

With our investigation, or he will face the consequences. >> mr. bannon will comply with our investigation, or he will face the consequences. that is mr. congressman, and chairman of the january 6th elect committee, congressman benny thompson. congressman thompson joins us live right now. sir thank you very much for joining us tonight, i know that this is a big and busy night. >> thank you very much for having me rachel. >> so your committee voted unanimously, nine to nothing tonight. to hold mr...

Effort, to evade his own legal jeopardy. he bennetts lawyers we. he sent this letter to the committee yesterday saying in light of this new lawsuit by trump, biden would like to ask the january six investigation to delay its vote tonight. on whether or not to hold them in contempt. he wanted a delay of the week as to whether or not it would be held in contempt. he wanted that week delay while his lawyers,, quote, access the -- of this pending litigation. the january six committee promptly replie...