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Country. so his invitation of a foreign power to infiltrate our democracy, his attorney general refusing to testify about it, and calling it spying, this is dangerous stuff for the greatest democracy the world has ever known. if we fail to confront this in a meaningful, powerful way to ensure the justice necessary we will have set a precedent that will ruin this democracy for the generations that follow us. this is a moment that counts for more than any i can imagine. i want all of us, republica...

Way he conducts business. he filed bankruptcy, on and on. >> treasury secretary mnuchin is still refusing to turn over the presidents tax returns. is your committee going to hold him in contempt if he doesnt produce them? and when might you have that vote? >> as you know theres a lot of confusion around that. we believe the constitution gives us the right to have those tax returns. theyve been requested by ways and means which is the legitimate committee of congress to request those tax returns ...

Investigating whether this was run as an foreign influence operation in this country targeting our own government through the presidents long-time personal lawyer. well, if that was part of muellers investigation, what happened to that line of inquiry? it didnt end up in the mueller report. did something else become of it? who gets to see that part. if that was chased down by muellers investigators, what do they find at the end of that road? well today, after threatening to enforce a subpoena ag...

Forward, to hold individuals in contempt on the floor of the house. we have not seen the floor vote happen yet, but in a meeting that just happened just right now, democratic leaders said they plan to move forward on a floor vote to hold individuals in contempt, in the first week of june. jim clyburn, the house majority whip, just told reporters thats what he expects. the first week of june, now recall that bill barr, the attorney general, has already been -- the house judiciary committee has vo...

Presidents tax returns. is your committee going to hold him in contempt if he doesnt produce them? and when might you have that vote? >> as you know theres a lot of confusion around that. we believe the constitution gives us the right to have those tax returns. theyve been requested by ways and means which is the legitimate committee of congress to request those tax returns and the law basically says he shall turn them over if they are requested in the right way. so hes refusing to do that. but ...

Leaders a lot more than he likes republican leaders, willie, this guy has always hated republicans. weve heard him behind closed doors just have contempt for what he used to call right-wing lunatics. thats when he was given a-- giving up a of his money to democrats, to rob schumer, dnc, nancy pelosi, hillary clinton. hes incapable of striking a deal. the worst deal maker thats ever sat in the presidential office. >> chuck shuker is a new york guy he feels he can talk to in his short hand. yester...

Justice department caved just a little and agreed that despite their earlier stonewalling, now they will go ahead and they will release intelligence information and counterintelligence information that was turned up by investigators in the course of his probe. the intelligence committee in the house has frankly been entitled to this information all along. they should have been given this information as what matter of course, but in the end it took a subpoena, which the attorney general first tri...

Information as a matter of course, but in the end it took a subpoena, which the attorney general first tried just defying, just not responding to that subpoena. then the intelligence committee scheduled a vote to hold the attorney general in contempt for defying that subpoena, and finally, that apparently was enough. the department caved and agreed they would start handing that stuff over. which just goes to show you, you dont always win when you decide to fight these battles, but you definitely...

$1.5 million. this is money he is owed under the state wrongful imprisonment act and mr. phillips is live from detroit. welcome. >> welcome to you, too. how are you doing? >> im doing all right. better talking to you. 45 years locked up for people for contempt you went to prison when elvis "burning love" was in the top five and richard nixon was running for election and i know youve been out for a minute but what does freedom feel like? >> it feels like a brand-new life. that is what it feels li...

Enforce a subpoena against the justice department by holding the attorney general in contempt if necessary, today the house intelligence committee announced that they had reached a deal with the justice department to in fact receive information from muellers investigation that the federal government had relatively been unwilling to hand over.