Page 782 - Contempt News Today

Cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. good morning, shan. >> good morning. >> there is a legal loophole, to permits the president to bypass congress to sell the weapons. explain that to us. >> thats right. theres a loophole in the arms control export act. so, technically speaking, the presidents actions are not illegal here. other presidents have used it. reagan used it and both bush presidents used it. but from, i think, a point of view for our viewers to think about is that none of ...

Over the past 24 hours president trump and his allies have engaged in what can only be described as a loosely coordinated smear campaign against the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. on thursday night, the trump supporting fox business show lou dobbs tonight aired a heavily edited video of pelosi appearing to stumble repeatedly during a press conference from the same day. president trump then tweeted that video to his $60 million twitter followers with the caption pelosi stammers through news ...

Because he is the attorney general for the american people and one of the legal principles at play here is something called the rule of completeness, that when the american people are given just little bits and pieces of a story, its not proper. and thats -- you know, that is the problem with what william barr is doing. hes not giving us the complete picture. you cant parse out what is favorable to your president. it is what the american people want, and that is everything. and thats exactly why...

Courts are going. it is the position the founders envisioned if they would come in. the courts would be the final arbitor. >> you see this. there is this debate back and forth saying. done with this, we are not going to hold in contempt. we are going to go straight to the courts. >> the courts are ruling in their favor. >> thats her most vital argument. >> there have been massive amounts of rulings that have supported their arguments, the most important thing they are overlooking is exactly what...

Give them more am un -- ammunition and to call for holding william barr in contempt and that will make the job for nancy pelosi much more difficult but in the past shes overcome the hushdles and whip her caucus together so only time will tell how she approaches this but there is growing tension within the democratic caucus amed the attacks from president trump. >> julie, i should mention that you take some important time from your vacation to meet up with us. it is still 92 and sunny in orlando....

Coordinated smear campaign against the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. on thursday night, the trump supporting fox business show lou dobbs tonight aired a heavily edited video of pelosi appearing to stumble repeatedly during a press conference from the same day. president trump then tweeted that video to his $60 million twitter followers with the caption pelosi stammers through news conference. many public officials occasionally stutter while speaking extemporaneously, even cable news hosts ...

He allowed mcgahn to testify for robert mueller in the special counsel probe. >> its a silly argument. you dont for fit by communicating with other members of the executive branch. if mr. nadler was correct, if you go through an interagency process, one department talks to another, one official talks to another, its a silly argument. paul: what if the house threatens contempt against mr. mcgahn, contempt of congress, can they enforce it? how would they enforce it? >> congress has a hearing enfor...

Ever known. if we fail to confront this in a meaningful, powerful way to ensure the justice necessary, we will have set an unforgiveable precedent that will ruin and unravel this democracy for the generations that follow us. so this is a moment that counts for more than any other i can imagine. i want all of us, republican, democrat, independent alike, to be up to this challenge. >> i want to give you a chance to respond to some of the criticisms out there about you but i want one more answer fr...

Enforce it. the house could litigate civil contempt on its own in the district court. my prediction, they would lose. were talking about, paul, its very important for viewers to appreciate, about imperial congress. congress is pushing beyond the outer boundaries, its oversight powers and its impeachment powers, acknowledging theyre doing. i think they would lose. paul: now, there were a couple other cases with subpoenas where the white house challenged them, donald trump challenged them, one abo...

Investigations. we we pursue the contempt we citations. we pursue the subpoenas. we lay it all out to the american people. we lay the case out to the american peel. impeachment, and see where we go from there, whether we call an impeachment inquiry of not is of secondary importance compared to actually doing what we have to >> is do. >> is it clear to you there really isnt much legal advantage to calling something an impeachment inquiry as opp e opposed to not having that open? i heard arguments...