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Made a protective assertion of executive privilege over the remainder of the subpoenaed documents. so that was the fireworks that begun this hearing. and a few minutes into it, elijah cummings basically argued you had months to make this assertion of executive privilege. instead, you wait until just a couple of minutes before my hearing begins and then you assert it. so, he advised members to go ahead, read through the letters, then he would come back later this afternoon for the actual vote to ...

Fulfillment of our responsibility as the article one oversight branch to get this information. thats exactly what were doing. >> so, assume that the vote happens this afternoon. bill barr, wilbur ross, held in contempt in terms of the committee. whats next? have you received any assurance from the chairman that this contempt citation will move to the house floor for a full vote? >> well, were taking it one step at a time, obviously, which is how i think you do these things. you want to make sure...

Drama in d.c. today as a face-off brews between the house and justice department. first documents related to the controversial citizenship question on the 2020 census. the house oversight committee wants to see the documents and threaten contempt charges for attorney general bill barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross for with holding them but this morning the president made a preemptive strike. before the house could vote on contempt, he announced he was invoking executive privilege to keep th...

Would be only the second ag then to be held in contempt. and this isnt even the first committee, this congress to vote to hold him in contempt. then, of course, add the second cabinet official, wilbur ross, on top of that. lauren fox has been following all of this on capitol hill. it has been ongoing. lauren, even before this vote takes place in the house oversight committee, president trump is trying to step in with another assertion of executive privilege. what is going on here? >> reporter: w...

>> well see what happens after. our hope is that this will incentivize him to hand over the documents. the judiciary committee voted to hold him in contempt and as you know, he didnt want that vote on the full floor, so, before that vote, he handed over a lot of the -- or, has agreed to hand over a lot of the evidence underlying the mueller report. bill barr doesnt want to be held in criminal contempt, thats obvious, and so our hope is that maybe this will finally get him to the table to hand ov...

Significantly hit our economy and affect people. >> thank you. more ahead. what will house investigators learn from long-time trump confidante hope hicks? and the justice department is pushing back tonight after the house committee said they would hold the attorney general in contempt along with the house secretary. oh, sir. that was my grandmas. dont worry, maam. all of your stuff is in ok hands. just ok? they dont give two and a half stars to just anybody. here you go. whats this? its your p...

Loan to pay them off faster. lending tree made lenders compete for my business and i ended up with a loan that saved me over $9000 and no more credit card debt. i mean $9000! >> sandra: moments ago the house oversight committee delaying and expected vote to hold attorney general william barr and commerce secretary wilbur ross in contempt for failing to comply with subpoenas. democrats trying to get ahold of documents related to a citizenship question. the white house wants to add it to the 2020 ...

The committee of jurisdiction. i dont know where theyre headed with this thing. if they go down this path, then i think we just risk access to care in a timely basis. >> bill: you saw the vote yesterday on contempt with bill barr right along party lines. what do you think the vote would be if this came to the floor? >> i think it would pass. i think all the democrats would vote for it. i dont think you would see republicans going down that path. we know what healthcare costs, we know what it wou...

Hillary clinton campaign. again, the question is to what extent knowledge of that meeting was shared beforehand with members of the trump campaign or whether it was on a very close hold as the presidents son has testified. those are the basket of issues they will be looking at here this morning. >> bill: whats the latest on the house and civil contempt? >> the position of justice department officials is that if you take a close look at this resolution the word contempt is never used and the reso...

Wilbur ross in contempt for failing to comply with subpoenas related to a citizenship question on the 20 to census. and an announcement that hope hicks will appear before the house judiciary committee to answer their questions from chairman nadler and others so, no date yet on when that will happen. also today, as we showed you a moment ago, donald trump jr. was back on the hill answering questions on the senate side. so a lot of cooperation, it appears, in some respects in terms of what they ha...