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Most of us are familiar with the subpoenas in the judicial sense. a judicial subpoena can be enforced by law enforcement and you can be brought right into jail if youre in contempt. what were learning about congress is, again, they require the judicial branch, they require the executive branch to help them enforce this subpoena power so this is why you often see in the case of congress appear subpoenas negotiation, discussion, attempts to work things out before it gets to that criminal contempt ...

Telephone purse to force the white house and justice department to comply with subpoenas? >> such a smart question. the answer is yes. thus far, congress has really been steamrolled by the white house and the executive branch. there is no other way to put it. every subpoena has been rejected or ignored by the white house. what can congress do? i got that question a lot this week. people are wondering. they can vote to hold officials in contempt. at this point its almost symbolic. it doesnt carry...

Whether to comply with a request for tax returns. earlier this afternoon, the chairman offered a hint about his own thinking on the matter. >> chairman neil, i wanted to see if i could ask you about the deadly for the tax returns today. are you planning to take action against mnuchin? >> he has until 5:00 obviously, that was the deadly, but i anticipate they wont meet that deadly and the result will be that we will likely proceed to court as quickly as next week. >> do you plan to consider holdi...

Repeatedly. youll recall in watergate, senator sam irvin told nixon officials, either show up here or youre going to be put in jail. whether we use a fine or confinement, we need to take bold action or this administration will recognize it can get away with most anything. >> could this be done concurrently with court filings, holding in contempt, potentially seeing, you know, watching the media see these people put into handcuffs and taken to jail? i mean, could all this happen simultaneously? >...

Is something that the american people should be asking. nonetheless, we are taking a step forward if we do indeed go to court. >> congressman himes, chairman adam schiff said hell hold a meeting next week to discuss whether to hold attorney general parr in contempt for not complying with his subpoena to give the committee the unredacted mueller report. do you think that attorney general barr is stonewalling your committee, and are you concerned you have not yet been given access to the full unre...

Presidents characterization of the mueller report, the full exoneration. one has done it. what is the significance of one and this one? >> justin amash is not really the most significant republican to come out against president trump and sort of suggesting it and opening the door about impeachment. if you want to say it was senator lindsey graham or senate majority leader mitchell mcconnell then president trump has a crisis on his hand. amash has always been critical of president trump and float...

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 table. yes, it is possible to put him 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 law that still been in place for nearly 100 years, and it was actually enacted in 1924. so we stand on solid legal ground wi...

Both democrats and republicans. why we have to go to this level is something that the american people should be asking. nonetheless, we are taking a step forward if we do indeed go to court. >> congressman himes, chairman adam schiff of the intel committee said hell hold a meeting next week to discuss whether to hold attorney general barr in contempt for not complying with his subpoena to give the committee the unredacted mueller report. do you think that attorney general barr is stonewalling yo...

Just to put himself on some other persons radar for another job. >> tucker: i think thats right. he wants the hell out of new york which he has destroyed. the media are not fans of bill de blasio. they are fans of something else. late term abortion. they have done nothing to hide their contempt for the new alabama law which seeks to ban a few months ago. celebrating new york law up until the moment of birth. >> what do we know specifically about these states trying to move to protect abortion ri...