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>> i was held in contempt. we turned over 7,000 documents. >> fast and furious i testified 10 times before the senate and the house talking about fast and furious and we made available all the witnesses that congress wanted to hear from from within the justice department. the only things we held back were materials that talked about how we were going to respond to congress. not with regard to substance. all of those were released by attorney general sessions and there was nothing in there of any...

The impeachment fire right now. cnn has learned the trump administration has directed former white house officials hope hicks and annie donaldson not to turn over any documents to the house judiciary committee relating to their time at the white house. they have been facing a subpoena deadline from the committee set to expire today. its just the latest act of sto stonewalling that has more and more democrats calling for impeachment proceedings to begin. something that house democratic leaders li...

Corrosion of conservatism. why i left the right." good to see you. theyre voting to hold the attorney general in contempt. >> i dont think its going to make a big difference but i thunk its a measure of their frustration. theyre trueing to figure out a way to express their moral outrage. sadly that vote is talking place after the deadline tomorrow for both ofthem. so as those two are figuring out what to do, they havent sthoon consquences of not complying. or had to contemplate what that would m...

Testify. if that means he just keeps pointing to the report that he wrote, the ability for members of congress to ask him specific questions and frame the questions in proper context, i think will work against what the president and mr. barr and so many of those republicans sycophants around him have tried to do, thats to distort whats in the report. that report is a damning document of this presidency. if you listen to president trump, its a christmas card to him. its a holiday card. it looks l...

>> your commit is moving to hold bar and will ross in contempt. but theyre vowing to hold them in contempt for adding a citizenship question. why do you think theyre stone walled? >> i think this is being driven by the white house. clearly the marching ord oers orders all these guys are getting is dont comply with valid subpoenas. dont comply with valid document requests. were used to administration and slow walking information and witnesses. but this is unprecedented. >> and speaking of complyi...

Youre not getting anything, it seems much smarter for congress to vote the contempt and then maybe negotiate. because otherwise, they would kick the can down the road and wind up in court anyway. this way, at least, they can go to court and try to get this resolved sooner rather than later. >> why do you think kaitlan, the justice department is now willing to discuss this to avoid a full vote on the house floor that could lead to a contempt citation against the attorney general? >> well, their a...

Understand, and then what? >> i dont think thats the end of it. i think congress has an obligation to enforce its rules and its laws. and holding them in contempt is one way to do that. i dont think that gets them out of the position where they have to answer questions. and i think all of us, many, i should say, are interested in continuing to pursue testimony. particularly mr. mcgahn who is a key player in all of that and has turned out to be one of the key witnesses that could come forward and...

Contempt. if we pursue civil contempt it goes on for years. look at eric holder that went on six years, just a negotiated settlement three weeks ago. so we need to take action as an equal -- co-equal branch of government and get these materials that we need. >> inherent you could move immediately. >> we could move immediately. they could come to the house floor. forget the jail, forget the shackles, just start finding them $25 a day. and then we will have some cooperation. >> i would imagine you...

Soon as this news came out that were present at the meeting with pelosi last night where the house leadership were discussing how they would move forward with impeachment, and they view this as the justice department trying to delay, delay, delay, kick the can down the road. because they know this will push the contempt vote back, which will then push anything going to a civil court back. therefore pushing the i-word even further back. and there is a really limited time frame here for the house ...

And other key groups. and im hopeful we will have bipartisan support. but this is is one part of comprehensive immigration reform we need. >> well see if theres progress. we hope so. we appreciate your time. lets bring in frank rooney and max, the author of "the corrosion of conservatism. why i left the right." good to see you. your reaction to the house announcement theyre voting to hold the attorney general in contempt. do you think it will make a difference? >> i dont think its going to mak...