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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 more broadly, and what judy was describing, is a very deliberate and careful way forward on all these committees. remember, the president said im not cooperating at all in any way, shape, or form. that is an impossible position for the president to be in. it is congress, article one in the constitution. the only constitutional reason why...

Subpoenas moving forward. but 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 deadline for the tax returns today. are you planning to take action against mnuchin? >> he has until 5:00 obviously, that was the deadline. but i anticipate they wont meet that deadline and the result will be that we will likely proceed to court as quickly as next week. >> do you plan to consider holding mnuchin in ...

Court and i just hope and pray that president trump and his administration wont ignore court orders. that contempt for the rule of law is a bad thing for democracy. >> where do you stand on impeachment and whether that is a viable option. >> i agree with speaker pelosi that we have to go down this road one step at a time. already we are trying to dive as deep as we can into the mueller report. it eegs not easy because most americans think, if you impeach him, hes out of office. if you impeach hi...

James comey and other intel chiefs with donald trump. in the period between election day and the inauguration did anyone in government or intelligence take action to justify their decisions? >> there were strange developments during that period. griff: such as? >> the handling of the meeting on january 62 the intelligence chief said the president and the leaking of information subsequent to that meeting. >> reporter: is that in new york city? >> yes. >> reporter: and trump tower? >> yes. >> repo...

The government was doing during that period. if were worried about foreign influence for the very same reason, we should be worried about whether government officials abused their power and put their thumb on the scale. and so, im not saying that happened, but im saying that we have to look at that i think if i had been falsely accused, i would be comfortable saying it was a witch-hunt. jedediah: so he comes out and he makes what to me very benign statement saying, listen, i dont know what happe...

Other persons radar for another job. p >> 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 a 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 rights? >> sure, lester, t...

It hasnt changed since i talked with mr. mnuchin in march on the 14th. what we really got was the message from mick mulvaney that never would we receive these returns. my concern is we move promptly and expeditiously. this white house will only understand a credible deterrent. i believe that credible deterrent and you talked about it very effectively earlier this week in your program is the use of inherent contempt that without doing that, were going to a court seeking civil could be tempt and t...

Subpoenas. what is the likelihood of that happening? >> democrats i have spoke with on the hill are incredibly frustrated by what they see as blanket stonewalling by the administration when it comes to oversight request and congressional inquiries. you are going to see them start to take steps to increase pressure on the white house, whether thats putting more witnesses in contempt, that are refusing to appear before congress, or also just seeking further documents. but one of the things they wi...

Accountability and has such total contempt for the constitution. >> we have another tweet response from james comey tonight that just came in. this is a response to president trump, the president tweeted early this morning that the investigation conducted by special counsel robert mueller was treason. he actually said it was treason. it should mean long jail sentences. this was treason. he says his campaign was spied on. director comey response to that was the president claiming the fbis investi...

This white house will only understand a credible deterrent. i believe that credible deterrent and you talked about it very effectively earlier this week in your program is the use of inherent contempt that without doing that, were going to a court seeking civil could be tempt and they know this will wind through the courts even if we get an expedited hearing. this white house will resist unless it faces the kind of thing that youve mentioned that sam irvin said back in 1973 that if they didnt sh...