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Bannon contempt by the numbers justice questions. one of the numbers, 194, the federal code section that provides when congress votes somebody in contempt and refers it for prosecution, the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia shall bring it forward for action. not might, not may, shall. if steve bannon is voted in contempt, it will be brought before the grand jury. steve bannon clearly violated a lawfully issued congressional subpoena. the grand jury should indict him and then the matter ...

Congressional subpoenas and not be held in contempt. my fear is hes going to run out the clock, because even if the department of justice engages and prosecutes him, hes just going to litigate this and appeal it to the appellate court and appeal it to the supreme court. you have the case of don mcgahn where we got him to come in but that was more than two years later. >> reporter: now, alex, congressman ted lieu sits on the house judiciary committee. he knows this well because he spent years try...

Hill with the latest from the january 6th committee. now moving very quickly against former trump adviser steve bannon. the panel is set to vote tuesday night to recommend criminal contempt charges against bannon after he refused to comply with congresss subpoena. hes one of four former trump aides to get one of those subpoenas. cash patel and mark meadows are apparently engaging with the committee. their depositions along with the one for dan scavino have been postponed but could still happen. ...

Political analysis and republican strategist, rick tyler, and democratic strategist deshonda jefferson. deshonda, i want to start with you. you heard congressman jeffries take on subpoenas in the january 6th investigation. are you confident that the select committee proceedings can have a meaningful impact? >> well, first of all, congressman benny thompson has already said that hes ready to move forward with contempt, with criminal contempt charges. hes ready to move forward with a vote on tuesd...

Anybody was making any connection there, repeatedly said publicly things that he wanted the justice department to do and not only that, as were learning more and more, called people in the justice department to get them to do things up to and including overturning an election result in his favor. so i think bidens heart is in the right place, mind is in the right place. his tongue on one occasion today was not. >> i want to ask you about something on another front. a federal judge is blasting th...

Holocaust. and then there are fraudits all in the name of fraud that does not exist. this week trump threatened to tell republicans not to vote in 2022 and in 2024 if the party doesnt look into his lies about the election. this week trumps escalation is that hes now explicitly tying republican acceptance of his election fantasy to a threat of electing democrats as retribution. the message to republicans is that if they dont loudly pretend that he won the last election, mr. trump will make sure...

And bring criminal contempt charges against bannon. they say others who could face the same -- could face the same if they dont cooperate. and from the white house, there is breaking news tonight. the president telling cnns kaitlan collins that those who refuse subpoenas should be prosecuted by the department of justice. and well talk to kaitlan, in a moment. before we do, more news about january 6th. for the first time, we learned today capitol police officer is facing criminal charges in conne...

I dont think it will take a long period for the justice department to decide. i think they could do that in a matter of days or weeks. >> and theres this olc memo at doj that refuses to bring contempt of charges congress to executive branch officials if they defy congressional subpoenas. but, of course, with steve bannon, its a little bit of a different case, right? he wasnt in the white house during the time in question, even though hes trying to play the executive privilege card. >> yeah. it d...

Committee investigating the attack on the nations capitol takes action against one of the ex-presidents long time cronies. the panel is making good on the promise and now expected to send the criminal contempt referral for bannon to the full house for a vote next week. because of his refual to comply with the subpoena. select committee member writes its official. steve bannon violated a congressional subpoena and missed his opportunity without jail time or a court order to come clean about the j...

And try to testify. certainly theres no suggestion that he would go along with that and it would set up a political fire storm on capitol hill, already a deeply divided congress with accusations of witch hunt and the like. >> im willing to bet a million dollars, lemire, that former president donald trump is not going to go along with a subpoena. but im just putting that out there. joyce vance, try to answer the question that jonathan lemire just put out there, which is, what could criminal conte...