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>> look, i think that its important when we have substantial evidence from the special counsel that the president of the united states broke the law four times, four counts of obstruction of justice, and then that president at each and every turn has continued to obstruct congress oversight, that for me was a very important factor. so because hes not -- hes directed people not to appear. we have subpoenas that have been ignored. weve had to hold people in contempt. and so this continued pattern ...

Happened to him is a crime and we call for an international investigation even though these you know. theyre not alone in their claim human rights groups are also calling for an independent probe into the detention conditions and death of the ousted president. we believe. that. president morsi isolation and treatment might amount to torture according to the un convention i think sees his government have shown her. contempt for the basic human needs morsi had been behind bars since 2013 when he w...

>> im so sorry, mr. trump. >> you saw the flash of the presidents temper, though. that is how he often deals with staff. a number of his aides say he will turn like that. hes mindful of television. and dont cough, later. >> thats what i do when i want to you be quiet. sometimes i just hit you. >> the contempt in his voice. imagine being in his core staff and having that go on all day. you have to treat your people well. >> i think this is the big story of the day. the u.s. is ramping up digital ...

Do that. the trump administration has been trying to do that, to see if they have the authority to wind it down. 10:00, we could hear big opinions, the biggest ones were looking at is the issue of census situation, whether or not the trump administration can add -- citizenship question, i should say, to the 2020 census. that has been a politically fraught subject. weve seen it play out in other arenas as well, the house oversight committee holding the attorney general and commerce secretary wilb...

Communications. so right now this is about looking tough on the administration. paul: particularly you wrote a column this week about one of the contempt votes, which is concerning the census against comcommerce isntcommerce secre. was this an attempt to influence justices to maybe delay the ruling? >> absolutely it was. again, a misuse of contempt. look, the oversight committee had been working very well with the department of justice, had turned over 1700 pages of documents that they made avai...

Using russian disinformation to get an fbi investigation on your opponent? its a fa fake outrage. i think well move on. paul: lets move on to contempt citations in congress. what do you make of all of this? is this something that is serious and going to blot some into a major showdown? >> well, i mean, its a very serious tool that theyre using. unfortunately, theyre using it for very unserious purposes, which is politics. you want to reserve contempt for those moments when officials are refusing...

Districts. and theyre going to be in play in 2020 and i think nancy pelosi is trying to argue most americans dont want to go to impeachment. please try to protect our incumbents in the house. she wants to control the house in 2020. paul: who is going to win this? >> its sad. i think we could be all losers. i think dans right. the strategy is to criminalize the presidency. paul: without actually -- >> impeachments a serious thing. if you want to do this, impeach. the second thing is, theyre abusi...

By a strategy cooked up by the presidents lawyers at the time, and he is now risking possible contempt to defy a congressional subpoena. so he is not the person -- hes not like these democrats. hes not the person you want to goad into finally kind of saying, ive had enough. thats not a savvy strategy. >> hes also one of these sort of figures in trump land with ultimate credibility. hes not a liberal fantasy. hes not some whistle-blower. hes not turned on the president. he stands behind the supre...

And at some point, they need to ask themselves, i wonder why we are not trusted. i wonder why people think we are in the tank with the democrats. i think you will see a little bit of that this week. >> jason: you see it every week along the way. now, one of the -- >> a little more than a little. >> jason: this week they w wanted to hold and did vote in the oversight committee, and a committee you and i were both on and chaired, to hold attorney general barr at the secretary of commerce in contem...

Following the law. in this instant, they are holding wilbur and the attorney general in contempt t for not turning documents related to something currently part of litigation. but if you can do it and get away with it and never be questioned and never be challenged by your base or the media, why not? >> jason: in the case of wilbur ross, there is a pending supreme court decision that will happen at the end of the month. they have scheduled witnesses from the department of congress. and testified...