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More evidence about tax evasion, if theres more evidence about emoluments clause violations if theres more evidence about money laundering which seems to be the thing that gets the president the most terrified, remember when he said that if mueller investigated his finances, that was a red line. it does seem as if mueller carefully gerry mandered the report to exinclude anything about the presidents finances. thats what were going after. were going to get to the bottom of this. this president ha...

These completes to try to obtain the evidence were going after. i think those people especially in the judiciary committee who have been facing all of the evidence of impeachable offenses from the mueller report are happy to say hey, if you can get more evidence about tax evasion, if theres more evidence about emoluments clause violations if theres more evidence about money laundering which seems to be the thing that gets the president the most terrified, remember when he said that if mueller in...

White house says. also tonight announcing two new subpoenas, former white house communications director hope hicks, also annie donaldson. those subpoenas have gone out to hicks and now presumably the white house will try to block those subpoenas as well, to block those subpoenas from testifying as well. presumably the judiciary committee will hold those witnesses in contempt as well. they will pursue legal remedies against hope hicks and mrs. donaldson and just as they did for mr. mcgahn and as ...

Where we stand today with nancy pelosi herding cats in had congress, to control any sort of move on impeachment. where do you come down on the commencement of impeachment proceedings for this president? >> i agree with earlier sentiment in the program that she is the perfect political foil for someone like trump who is impulsive, child like, impet which you s chous. she conveys standards of what needs to be done. my thinking thus far on impeachment has been this, we have an impeachment already s...

Some of the legal battles this president is throwing up all over the place as challenges. the a.g. was held in contempt. don mcgahn may be next but on the other hand, democrats just got a big decision against the presidents tax prep people pretty quickly which leads many democrats to say this. >> our process is working well. lets just keep riding it out. well win it. >> the grind takes time. even if hes right, win, when? in time for the election? no guarantee. and if they swing they have to deli...

>> who would you expect would need to be fined or confined in your words there in order to compel respect for this subpoena? >> well, the subpoena is directed to the irs commissioner who youve mentioned has extensive experience on this matter. but secretary mnuchin has never let him answer the question. he responds with all the answers. i think that both of them could be subject to fines or confinement. i think, you know, there are so many people out there from mcgahn to barr and others who are ...

Contempt again tomorrow for again defying a subpoena. this one issued by the intelligence committee to hand over materials related to muellers investigation. so it sort of feels like i think now because were 60 days into it, oh, this must have been the way its always been. its not. this is the new universe that we live in now that is a 60-day old universe. ever since mueller had his investigation ended and had his report submitted 60 days ago, that was the start of this new conflict zone were in...

And it is clear, it is the law of the land. very clear it is the law of the land and then of course jerry nadler spoke in the beginning to give us a context for all of this. right now the judiciary committee is marking up -- we do have our legislative agenda that were moving forward on. it was a very positive meeting, respectful sharing of ideas and i think very impressive presentations by our chairs. if you believe its important to follow the facts, we believe that no one is above the law, incl...

Government. >> what can they do? >> quickly, criminal contempt, enforcement and civil contempt. criminal contempt is out because it requires william barrs department of justice to support congress in its request to enforce subpoenas. william barr, basically a flak for the president, snort going is not going to do that. civil means they file a suit and ask the judge to order the witness, con tempuous witness to testify. and if he doesnt, the judge can hold the witness in contempt. that takes some...

They will pursue legal remedies against hope hicks and mrs. donaldson and just as they have for mr. mcgahn and as they will for all the rest of them. as they continue to is up muellers witnesses. and they then try to enforce those legally binding subpoenas while the white house orders all those witnesses to not peep. the justice department meanwhile is scrambling itself to try to hold off the prospect that attorney general william barr is himself going to be held in contempt again tomorrow for a...