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Donald trump hasnt hesitated to go to the courts. hes got a couple cases pending to thwart attempts to get the truth. i really think we would be better to move forward with inherent contempt and make it clear to this white house that were not going through umpteen levels of judicial proceedings. we intend to enforce and stand up to those who deny the truth. >> i hear the rhetorical argument here and the point youre making. im just wondering if you can make the case for how that would be more eff...

Did in the aftermath of the decision by the democrats to hold the attorney general in contempt because of his refusal to turn over the unredacted mueller report. they invoked executive privilege and said the democrats could not get that information. now, here the second time that don mcgahn has not turned over information to the house judiciary committee despite facing the subpoena because of instructions from the white house. the first time was when he was required to turn over documents by may...

Report, substantial evidence of misconduct, but we need the rest of the report, unredacted support, all of the supporting materials and hear from witnesses. we approached this in the sober, most serious way, in the face of a president and white house attempting in every way to impede our access to information, to continue to cover up, conceal from american people and congress what the truth is, i think we may be forced into a position to open formal inquiry to facilitate collection of evidence w...

There is no reason not to provide those to this committee. so chairman schiff didnt actually say -- he said we may take an enforcement action. what youre seeing broadly, and what judy was describing is a very deliberate and careful way forward on all these committees. remember, the president said hes not cooperating in any way, shape, or form. the only constitutional reason why somebody cant be forced to testify in front of the congress is the 5th amendment right not to incriminate yourself. it ...

In jail, but i would think that that is not likely going to happen. nonetheless, holding someone in contempt is an option. still, doing a legal action on the tax law itself, 6103, which is the basis upon which chairman neil can ask for those tax returns, that is an important thing to recognize as inherent in the law. in fact, its a that still been in place for 100 years and its enacted in 1924. so we stand on solid legal ground with the subpoena as well as with the tax law in asking for trumps t...

The house ways and means committee considering its next steps after steve mnuchin refuses to comply with a subpoena to give six years of the presidents federal tax returns to congress. joini joining me now -- im curious as we begin here, do you agree with your chairman that proceeding to court is the best option? do you think that could happen this week? or are there other ways your committee can try to enforce this subpoena? >> alex, thanks very much. i think the most important thing is to move...

Collision investigation, indictments are his stock and trade. he is looking into the cia role and the fbi role which will inevitably lead them to the roles of susan rice. samantha power, and good old loretta lynch. all compromised by their political agenda to destroy donald trump. and to hell with america. and i told you last week that bill barr was a cool cat. and while the democrats hyperventilate and historically accuse him of everything they can think of and hold him in contempt, he remains ...

The speaker to have a vote on going to court. and we could be in court as soon as next week. as we saw with the subpoena issued by congress member elijah cummings, they already have had a court hearing, and there is some possibility that those documents that they requested will come forth, and that is the same result i hope we can see here. >> we played it as chairman neil was coming down the stairs, a reporting asked him is there some chance of holding steve mnuchin in contempt, he said the cou...

I think the better way is to hold them in contempt and to use inherent contempt with the penalties involved instead of seeing this delayed through hearings and appeals and rehearings so the trump administration accomplishes its objective of denying any access to congress to these documents. >> yes, doing what we were calling in the last discussion stonewalling. but when you talk about holding them in contempt, what does that look like? >> it looks like the congress voting to hold them in contemp...

Collision investigation, indictments are his stock and trade. he is looking into the cia role and the fbi role which will inevitably lead them to the roles of susan rice. samantha power, and good old loretta lynch. all compromised by their political agenda to destroy donald trump. and to hell with america. and i told you last week that bill barr was a cool cat. and while the democrats hyperventilate and historically accuse him of everything they can think of and hold him in contempt, he remains ...