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Information that trump so fears that the public will see and to -- to take action, i believe, its going to require fines or confinement under our power of inherent contempt to get the information we need and to get all these other people that under what seems to be gang rule are told dont say anything and dont provide anything. total silence, total obstruction. >> who would you expect would need to be fined or confined in your words there in order to compel respect for this subpoena? >> well, th...

Donaldson defy their subpoenas as well just as don mcgahn has? i dont know. what happens when the house finds attorney general william barr in contempt, possibly now twice for him refusing to hand over subpoenas demanding that he give congress muellers full report? what will happen when hes found in contempt again probably twice, i dont know. and honestly now at 60 days since muellers report was submitted wheres mueller? whats the actual hangup with getting his schedule for testimony so he can e...

President with other policy to get what you want here? >> well, i dont know what nancy has in mind. she has not discussed that with me, but i think that shes a very astute speaker, a very good politician, she knows policy very well. she is the one who makes the decisions as to what gets considered on our side of the aisle and i will be glad to listen to what her proposals are. thats not anything that shes ever discussed with me. >> this would be separate. would you support or do you think its in...

You investigation and then you decide to exercise your authority. i think they can live with that. they will be voting on, as i said, the action of educating the public and finding out the facts. no one doesnt understand that police officers have to investigate something before they prosecute. we are investigaing and they have an understanding of the judiciary committee and the house is looking to you to show up. we may have to use the same tools, chris. the subpoena. contempt. we may have to us...

Mcgahn to barr and others who are refusing to disclose and respond to the congress, its probably a matter of selecting one of them and moving forward to show how this power of inherent contempt could work. but here we are, you know, approaching memorial day, june is approaching. and this congress has not filed any action concerning any of these matters. and i think weve got to take action and take it promptly or the white house will conclude we dont really mean it, were just going to talk and wr...

Under what circumstances, on what timetable, thats very difficult to say because the administration appears to be dug in. on the question of impeachment, speaker pelosi referred to other tactics to escalate. the house does have other vehicles by which they can put pressure on the executive branch, the appropriations and other processes. they control many sand into the administrative gears. there is also some talk about theyre using their inherent contempt power to assess fines. not necessarily, ...

Judiciary chairman jerry nadler, mr. mcgahn finds himself facing contradictory instructions from two co-equal branches of government. nadler threatening to use, quote, all enforcement mek schisms at the committees disposal, including holding him in contempt. >> youre dealing with a lawless president who is willing to go to any lengths to prevent testimony that might implement him. >> reporter: white house saying he is immune to testify. sarah sanders adding, this action is taken to ensure future...

Thanks to our international viewers for watching. for you, "cnn talk" is next. for u.s. viewers, growing pressure on the house speaker on impeachment. "new day" continues right now. president trump blocking the testimony of former white house counsel don mcgahn. >> well hold mcgahn in contempt. >> the president is trying to obstruct his testimony, as hes trying to obstruct the presentation of financial records. >> i think anything going on in the house is a political circus. michael cohen sa...

So the justice department is saying, well start pulling those categories of documents, but you have to withdraw this unspecified enforcement action that you are going to take against the attorney general bill barr tomorrow. schiff hasnt said whether it was going to be contempt or some other sort of civil fines or something else like that, but theyre saying, if you take down that threat, were willing to work with you on the documents. no word on what schiff is going to do with that, though, jake....

An impact on his firm. on the other hand, does mcgahn want to be held in contempt? does that mean anything to his legal practice in washington? could he have his law license taken away or something along those lines? probably not. but hes in a dicy position here, and hes fallen back and said, look, im going to do what the white house tells me to, and that was his message to congress. and thats why hes not going up tomorrow to testify. and hes asking the committee and the white house to work this...