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Brainer that someone like her is honored. >> adam, i saw you shaking your head when he mentioned an obama-era decision and they wanted to undo that or roll that back. do you agree with that? >> i do. and i think its worth mentioning that current occupant of the oval office is a great admirer of jackson. he had contempt for the other two equal branchs of government that i think is reflected in the way this president aprechs the presidency. i think its not surprising he would balk at removing a fi...

Unleashed permission for people to talk with such contempt towards each other. >> you are coming together. you wrote in op ed. >> yes. >> trying to figure out some way towards each other. it seems like there is efforts to divide people. >> when we are fighting against each other, if muslims and jews thats a victory for white supremacists. thats a victory for white supremacists. i think what we are trying to do is just to articulate that we in order to fight that need to be together. >> and the t...

This way. >> listen, david, adam i saw you nodding your head when david said this is an obama-era decision and they wanted to undo that or roll that back. do you agree with that? >> i do agree with it. and i think its worth mentioning the president, the current ok pantd of the oval office-s a great admirer of jackson and thats not really a surprise. jackson had a lot of contempt for the other two equal branches of government that i think is reflected in the way that this president approaches the...

In in this instant they are holding wilbur in the attorney general in contempt 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 the media, why not? >> jason: and the wilbur, there is a pending supreme court decision that will happen at the end of the month. they have rescheduled witnesses from the department of congress. aunt testified hours before the committee. they have tur...

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...

Contempt. paul: then we have the showdown, so-called, between jerry nadler, two democrats and the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. nadler wants to start an impeachment inquiry for what i think is actually a sound reason in the sense that if youre going to investigate and ask for documents, impeachment is the firmest constitutional ground that congress can have. on the other hand, nancy pelosi trying to protect her members from what could be a very controversial decision. >> yeah, i think ther...

Bit of that this week. >> jason: you see it every week along the way. now, one of the -- >> trey: a little more than a little. >> jason: this week they wanted to hold and vote the oversight committee, and many there a committee you and i were both on and chaired to hold attorney general barr at the secretary of commerce in contempt. i cant believe they did this. what was your take on this? >> trey: you know, jason, we hold in contempt for failure to produce documents. you and i were not chairman...

In in this instant they are holding wilbur in the attorney general in contempt 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 the media, why not? >> jason: and the wilbur, there is a pending supreme court decision that will happen at the end of the month. they have rescheduled witnesses from the department of congress. aunt testified hours before the committee. they have tur...

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 -- >> trey: a little more than a little. >> jason: this week they wanted to hold and vote the oversight committee, and many there a committee you and i were both on and chaired to hold attorney general barr at the secretary of commerce in contempt. i cant believe they did this. what was your take on this? >> trey: you know, jason, we hold in contempt for failure to produce document...

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...