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Hes not holding his breath hes going to get the president tfs tax returns, six years of personal returns and six years of business returns, today from that subpoena. so instead, he has a couple of options ahead of him. he could move forward with contempt, although he says thats not something he plans to do, or he can move directly to court. heres what he told me just a few minutes ago. >> after the election, i indicated that i thought this would end up in a long court case. i have not seen much ...

Laughable charge, attorney general bill barr shrugging off democrat as threats to hold him in contempt. >> nancy pelosi believes you lied under oath. what do you think of that charge. >> i think its a laughable charge. and i think its largely being made to try to discredit me. >> holding you in contempt what do you think of that. >> its part of the usual political circus being played out. it doesnt surprise me. >> he says its laughable. okay. so lets just play the testimony that he is talking ab...

When is the full house going to vote on holding barr in contempt? >> i dont think the attorney general should make a joke of this at all. this is with respect to the attorney general of the united states being in contempt of the congress of the united states, continuing an effort to stonewall the american people, to prevent people from gathering the facts and getting to the truth. its not a laughing matter. i expect that there are a number of other committees that are considering contempt citati...

Anyone was ever kept here even though lots of members of congress an tour guides suggest they were. the ago text of the capital office cant say whether anyone was held here. pelosi suggests this con tempted citation will work out better than others. [inaudible] >> because i do. i just do. down want to have a contempt of congress against you that is not a desirable thing for someone to have. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says she has no position on inherent contempt. the house may consider a cont...

Period, thats one of the things we want to look into. >> such as? >> the handling of the meeting on january 6 between the intelligence achieves and the president and leaking of information subsequent to that meeting. >> was that meeting in new york city? >> yes. >> in trump tower? >> yes. >> what questions you have about that they? >> again, im not going to get into that. >> but thats on your mind. >> thats one of the things we need to look at? >> the democrats have the attorney general in their...

>> all right. elie honig, there, you spent time in court. sounds like democrats are going to end up in court for the presidents tax returns. >> i think thats the way it has to go. contempt is really symbolic and its losing all its punch that it seems to be almost routine that attorney generals get held in contempt. here were talking about the irs and the treasury department. the law is clear that the irs shall furnish those tax returns to the ways and means committee. the ways and means committe...

Quickly? could this be resolved this year or is that way too ambitious? >> you know, listen, im trained as a lawyer and trained as a certified public accountant. but i think there is a lot more qualified people than myself to handle the law and the accounting in this matter. that will be employed by the committee to actually get in thing moving as quickly as possible and to dig through the tax returns once we get them. >> congressman swazy in terms what you do now, the treasury secretary defying...

Committee who have argued they think this chairman should move forward with the contempt citation. i talked with lloyd doggett just a few minutes ago. he said he thought that contempt was in order for both mnuchin and irs commissioner redding. kate. >> i do find the issue of contempt a really fascinating one. chairman neal taking a different take on contempt than others of the democratic chairman of committees in the house. this is an interesting moment, how neal is handling this. good to see yo...

Developme developments. >> it followed a similar pattern that the white house says, no, democrats say that were going to fight this. were going to take this to court and its going to end up, could take months and months and maybe even years to resolve. that is the pattern of this administration as democrats look to take things to court, as well as to hold some senior officials in contempt. now, on one aspect were not expecting a compliance with todays deadline to turn over tax returns. noted the...

They had a voting committee about contempt. they believe he came before congress and lied. they believe the obstruction issue in the mueller report was ignored by him. they think he ignored other evidence, such as perhaps witness tampering. i asked about all of this. harris, in a word, in an action, he will shrug. this attorney general has made it clear that although he listens to their objections he doesnt much give it attention, or the mind or the time of day. in his words, when he will cry l ...