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Administration to conceal those efforts. we already know based on the summary that the white house released of the presidents call with his ukrainian counterpart that president trump did repeatedly press president zelensky to investigate joe biden and his son, hunter biden, and he of course mentioned his personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. he even offered the assistance of his own justice department. now its about not just corroboration but really understanding just what this entire potential effort...

Secretary pompeo. hes missed three deadlines already and yet we hear from him today saying when hes in greece that the department will, quote, obviously do all the things we are required to do by law. arent they required to hand over these documents? >> yes, they are. i mean the subpoena is valid and congress has a right to demand this information. he clearly can be held in contempt if he doesnt -- if the information is not forthcoming. now, congress has something called an inherent contempt pow...

They have now finally issued their first subpoena. all these other things were just nasty letters. finally yesterday, last night, mcmulvaney, the chief of staff got a subpoena. but its issued on the authority of the oversight committee because there is flow impeach inquiry its a fraud. the early saying they have inherent authority to arrest. they have never done it for over a century. they have never ever done it to an executive branch official. they dont have any authority to do it. ultimately ...

Themselves. they never know when this stop. and when you are desperate you are going to make mistakes. they are exposing themselves for the american people to see how much they hold us in contempt and how much they hold the constitution in contempt. >> sean: charlie, last word. >> this does not hurt donald trump one bit. this guy exelse? a wrestling wring ring. he loves this and benefit from thissened expose them for the frauds they are. >> sean: they are contributing to donald trumps re-electio...

Themselves. they never know when this stop. and when you are desperate you are going to make mistakes. they are exposing themselves for the american people to see how much they hold us in contempt and how much they hold the constitution in contempt. >> sean: charlie, last word. >> this does not hurt donald trump one bit. this guy exelse? a wrestling wring ring. he loves this and benefit from thissened expose them for the frauds they are. >> sean: they are contributing to donald trumps re-electio...

Here is somebody who does. andy mccarthy knows about these issues. we asked him about what rasheda tlaib said. here is his response. >> look, its not surprising that she doesnt know the process, i suppose. its not surprising that people think there is a bunch of subpoenas out there, pete. they have now finally issued their first subpoena. all these other things were just nasty letters. ultimately what they will do is go to court and they will try get a judicial finding that somebody is in contem...

Themselves. they cant stop, and when youre desperate, youre going to make mistakes. they are exposing themselves to the american people to see how much they hold us in contempt and how much they hold the constitution in contempt. >> sean: charlie, last words. >> this does not hurt donald trump one bit. this is a guy who excels in a professional wrestling ring. hes going to love this. hes going to benefit from this, and he is going to expose them for the frauds that they are. >> sean: they are co...

Also going to be held in contempt of congress. would you do that? would you start holding people in immediate contempt? or what would you do? what would you advise democrats to do right now? >> well, i wouldnt bring impeachment proceedings against the vice president, because that might stop prevent proceedings against the president. no republicans are going to come along if nancy pelosis going to be the next president. so, you have to really think about that carefully. i mean, thats one of the c...

President did basically offer the quid pro quo. thats why weve seen the trump defense evolve or devolve from "i didnt do it" to "maybe i did it, but its not a crime." thats wrong. >> so how would you compel these witnesses that are now it appears at the moment not being allowed by the secretary of state, are these more subpoenas? >> yeah. i mean, its tricky. i think the house democrats are in a tough position here. theres really only three ways for congress to compel a witness. theres criminal c...

American people deserve to know what the truth is. >> one of the difficulties that you and your fellow members of congress have faced in getting to the truth is stonewalling from the administration, a lack of testimony, people not showing up for testimony, empty chairs, documents not turned over, but a tool that you guys have not yet used is holding those people in contempt or the inherent contempt tool. that hasnt been used in, as you know, over a century. and i wonder if you think it is time f...