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Hejoins us live from washington. people may be ahead of contempt of court and this is slightly different. contempt of congress. talk through it. it is actually similar to contempt of court. it is when congress votes that someone has violated a lawfully issued congressional subpoena and if a personal appearance or the delivery of documents or both. and it has happened quite frequently particularly in recent years. tends to be the consequence? nothing for the most part. the attorney general was he...

Votes in a completely unlawful and unprecedented way in order to lower bidens total below to 70, kick it into contingency where had 27 state votes. and i dont think liz cheney representing wyoming would have voted for him, but he would have still had a majority of 26. and that was -- that was the political coup that was the at the inside of all this violence and all this insurrection. >> listen, as taking a play right out of the trump playbook, and that is litigation, right? thats what donald tr...

Bannon to be charged with contempt for defying a congressional subpoena and seeking misinformation about that dying and deadly day. >> miss lofgren? >> yes. >> mr. schiff? >> aye. >> mr. aguilar? >> aye. >> mrs. murphy? >> aye. >> mrs. murphy, aye. >> mrs. raskin. >> has the chair recorded? >> mr. chairman, you are not recorded. >> i vote aye. >> the committee originally subpoenaed bannon several weeks back asking for documents and testimony about the critical period leading up to the insurrecti...

One last time. this is bbc world news, the latest headlines. a report recommending that steve bannon, a key ally of donald trump, be held in contempt, is approved by us lawmakers investigating januarys riot on capitol hill. a leaked brazilian parliamentary report suggests president bolsonaro ought to be charged with murder for mishandling his governments response to the coronavirus pandemic. the chancellor of the exchequer — or uk finance minister — rishi sunak will slash a tax surcharge on ...

Including what senator mccaskill just said, which is the possibility of not just criminal contempt or civil contempt, but also inherent contempt. and mr. bannon thinking he can sit at home and ignore a lawful subpoena, he will learn otherwise. >> claire, let me bring you in on that. >> yeah. congresswoman, as a member of the judiciary committee, i am sure there have been informal discussions about inherent contempt. but how far along are you in terms of a road map on how that would actually work...

And this is about what may be really the last chance for congress to hold anybody accountable. so lets discuss now and talk about what is going on and if there is enough urgency and all of the questions about what is happening. there you see him on your screen right there. and if youre listening on sirius, youre about to hear his voice. representative jamie raskin, democrat of maryland who is a member of the committee. representative raskin, i appreciate you joining us. thank you so much. >> tha...

Why they need to talk to trump allies. >> they believed what donald trump said. that the election was stolen and that they needed to take action. >> reporter: she specifically referenced comments bannon made on january 5th. >> all hell is going to break loose tomorrow. its not going to happen like you think its going to happen. >> and he was right. ask that over 140 capitol police officers who fought for hours and were injured and there is no doubt that steve bannon knows far more than he says o...

Announce how soon, but i think very soon, just as we took up this criminal contempt and as the chairman pointed out tonight, for anyone else who is watching, any other witnesses that request that we demand to testify, we will hold them in contempt if they refuse to do their lawful duty. i am pleased we moved so quickly. i think the vice-chair, liz cheneys statement was really powerful tonight rebutting and rebuking the big lie and those who continue to push it. and im really pleased we are movin...

The contempt, when we need it. some will not resist subpoenas to this level. its very costly to do that, as it should be, because consequence -- this isnt the january 6th committee or the congress. its the american people demanding transparency and accountability. >> a lot of your republican colleagues will vote against this referral. you know that. >> yeah, sadly its not surprising. i hope its not just two of us voting for it. i think you can look back at a lot of statements where the house hel...

Hold. let me show you that. >> look, i think there is a real desire on the part of the attorney general for the most part not to look backward. do i disagree with that? i do disagree with that. and i disagree with it most vehemently when it comes to what i consider even more serious offenses. for example, a taped conversation of donald trump on the phone with brad raffensperger, the secretary of state from georgia, trying to coerce him into fraudulently finding 11,780 votes. because i think so i...