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Broke into the capitol. >> what happened in there? >> yeah we went in there, and this is all budget people lighting up, and some oregon room. they were smoking a bunch of weed in there. >> so that guy was in court. this week. trying to get his bond status revoked, and against the advice of the judge he chose to represent himself. he then accidentally admitted to two additional felonies. in cross-examination a lawyer got him to admit under oath that he had climbed into the capitol from a broken w...

If called upon to testify. >> overnight bannons attorney sent a letter informing the committee he will not provide testimony as hes been subpoenaed to do or documents as of now. the lawyer saying, quote, we will comply with the directions of the courts when and if they rule on these claims of both executive and attorney/client privileges. the committee is not buying that legal argument. >> the reason why some of these witnesses, people like steve bannon, who have been public about their contempt...

Physically and mentally tired and we need to understand that everything that can be done to look after and keep those staff must be done. they need breaks, they need holidays, psychological support locally, and we do need extra recruitment. we also need the government to pay what is needed. it is a slap in the face of nhs staff to be offered a 3% rise when their salaries have fallen way behind what they were ten years ago. in terms of immediate action as we head into winterflu in terms of immedi...

Court. >> this is all headed to a legal battle, whether its over the executive privilege of documents and the problem for democrats is this could take years for this to be resolved. they could lose the house next year and they are working up against the bloc clock. to the biden administration, they are erg on the side of disclosure and we dont know what-maker garland is going to do. hell be thrust into a difficult position if the criminal contempt charges land on the doorstep of the doj. on the ...

Where people have been held in contempt, they all involved scandals and controversies, but nothing even remotely approaching january th w6th wite future of democracy itself. >> it is such an excellent point. i want to get your take on what were seeing now with executive privilege. the white house formerly rejecting the request from former president trump. he could file a lawsuit, right, to try to continue to block that disclosure. right now he has 30 days to turn over those -- for the release of...

Before the committee today has opened him up to criminal charges. as betty thompson said today, we reject his position entirely. the select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so, we must move forward with proceedings to refer mr. bannon for contempt. the committee will vote on that tuesday night. then once it passes the full house, it will go to the department of justice, which will decide whether or not to charge bannon criminally. thats where this becomes a critical test for...

Lawful subpoena. bannon argues that he doesnt need to comply because of an executive privilege claim made by former president trump which is something that the committee rejected and the biden white house rejects and the committee is set to meet on tuesday to vote. and there is no apparent day late between the members of this committee and i expect to pass quite easily. and then it goes to the floor of the house and the committee by the way saying that once that happens, the u.s. attorney has a ...

Its time to treat td. td is not ok. visit askforaustedo.com good thursday morning. im erica hill. >> im jim sciutto. it is deadline day for two of donald trumps former senior aides and neither man is expected to adhere to those congressional deadlines. last hour we learned that former defense department official kash patel will join steve bannon in defying a congressional subpoena to testify in front of the january 6th select committee today. the next step could be criminal contempt charges. o...

A purge film. >> laura: it reminds me of the old disaster movies from the 70s. its so fake looking. >> yes, it is. almost cartoonish. >> laura: you have to laugh at it. i dont want to put images in my mind of violence. >> it feels like a godzilla movie at times. talking with bad productions, katie couric in her new tell all admits to editing a yahoo interview with ruth bader ginsburg. she asked about the kneeling protest. she said it shows a contempt for government that made it possible for thei...

Congress by the justice department? in fact, in over 50 years we have seen doj under both parties decline to bring charges. why is that? i would attribute it to two things. one is politics. it is just messy, potentially ugly. some people held in contempt, bill barr and eric holder were the attorney general, especially awkward to -- for doj to charge the attorney general and i think the second part of the answer is just timidity, it takes a lot of guts and backbone to charge somebody. youre buyin...