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Perjury before the eyes of congress? >> the fact that the attorney general of the united states would lie to congress again, were on the path of contempt for him. >> you are? >> thats what i would hope. >> the definition of subpoena is literally under penalty. what is the pnl fusing respond to a subpoena. is there article three that he did not honor the speen of the congress of the united states. before they got to that place at that time, they had a long investigation. and thats what were doing...

Here where trumps team is saying that congress doesnt have a legislative purpose and the judge is saying he doesnt have to decide what the legislations going to be, he just has to see that its something that congress could legislate about. >> thanks very much. i want to bring in cnn chief legal analyst jeffrey toobin from our new 36 0 world headquarters here. high atop manhattans hudson yards, john dean. how big a deal is this? >> this is a big deal for one particular reason. the accountants don...

Exempt because he is a former senior presidential adviser. he did waive privilege to speak to robert muellers team. now their client finds himself facing contradictory orders from two branches of government. democrats want to hear from the former white house counsel, the mueller report says mcgahn refused president trumps orders to fire mueller. jerry nadler warning there will be serious consequences if mcgahn does not show up today. >> the first thing were going to do is going to have to hold...

Its easy. but they want a fight and now they want to keep fighting. theyre going to have a hearing tomorrow, its going to be theatrical. there will be consequences, sending the house people to go arrest somebody. i dont know what theyll do. they keep talking about serious consequences. we havent seen anything yet. >> did you want to weigh in on that? >> yeah, i agree with matt there. congress has to stand up for itself and just having contempt votes doesnt get anyone anywhere. theyre purely symb...

Records, now the president has already filed his appeal. to try to stop it still. clearly, a lot of moving parts today. lets start on capitol hill. cnns manu raju is there with much more. what are the next steps now that the former white house counsel has refused to appear and testify? >> well, expect the house judiciary committee to move in the coming days to hold don mcgahn in contempt of congress. this coming after they did a similar step with the attorney general, bill barr, after he did not...

Department should fork over. he wants everything but he identified 12 categories and initially the justice department said come on over, you could look at it and then well talk. but today theyre saying were actually willing to engage with you on those 12 categories, weve begun the process of pulling the documents, the fbi is working on pulling those. but here is the catch. they say you have to take down this unspecified enforcement action that schiff had threatened to take against the justice de...

Use more democratic voters. >> the state of new york takes refugee families into our communities. we would be delighted to take refugee families into cities like buffalo and syracuse and rochester and albany. >> tucker: think for a minute about what gillibrand is saying. she is arguing anybody from anywhere in the world must be allowed into the united states, ordered a bubbly finance lawyer, given a free place to live along with three health care and schools, all of which you pay for, and allowe...

In short, it is our view that the committees dispute is not with mr. mcgahn but the white house. nadler says he is chairing a hearing this morning and expects mcgahn to appear because he is subpoenaed. if he fails to show the committee can move to hold mcgahn in contempt. earlier this month they voted to hold attorney general william barr in contempt of congress. the full house has yet to consider that. democrats want to ask mcgahn about his comments at a special counsel claiming president trump...

Members of the administration dont come forward and engage with congress, as so many other members would you support holdig don mcgahn in contempt? >> i do think this is deeply troubling. >> you mentioned you were running out of another briefing. i believe from john brennan and wendy sherman related to iran. are you correct on that? >> i was on a foreign affairs committee and we were talking about russia. i did attend the other briefing this morning. >> did you see anything in that briefing? reg...

What is your reaction to it? their pattern is to tell the committee the night before. but this is part of the pattern of the president and rudy giuliani and the white house intimidating him and acting law leslie to prevenlt ht him from testi testifying about the obstruction of justice. so youre dealing with a lawless president willing to go to any lengths to prevent testimony that might implicate him. that does implicate him. >> the first thing were going to have to do is hold mcgahn in contempt...