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Its own version of the special counsel investigation in order to harass president trump. it adds another layer to the escalating feud between the white house and house democrats. >> the implication of what theyre doing would make the president a tyrant in the sense of not being accountable to the american people, not being answerable to congress and that no one can hold him accountable. that is un-american and we cannot abide it. >> the president made it clear he plans to fight all house subpoen...

White house. they are holding off any kind of a dramatic floor vote to hold the attorney general or any other big name senior officials in contempt with that as our predicate, time for the lead off discussion. robert costa for "the washington post" moderator of washington week on pbs and carol for "the washington post" and jonathan lamarre and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york now with the new school here in new york. good evening and welcome to all of you. car...

Prospect of holding multiple administration officials in contempt. that serves as a backdrop at a telling attempt at humor between attorney general barr and house speaker nancy pelosi. they crossed paths at an event, barr asked the speaker if she brought her handcuffs, pelosi responded that the house sergeant at arms was present should an arrest be necessary. barr chuckled and walked away. >> some uncomfortable humor. the maker of the popular e-cigarette juul is accused of deceptive advertisin...

And now, 85 years after that, the chairman of the house judiciary committee was asked today about inherent contempt. >> some of your colleagues want to vote for inherent contempt. to fine people who are defying subpoenas. is that something youre seriously considering at this point? >> yes. >> what do you think about terms of dollar amount or fines? >> i dont know. very large amounts. >> would it be for the attorney general? >> it would be for anybody who was held in inherent contempt. >> yesterd...

Town hall on fox. but first tonight, tonight is the deadline that house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff set on his subpoena for attorney general william barr to turn over the full unredacted mueller report to the committee and the foreign intelligence and counter intelligence information collected during robert muellers investigation. this morning, chairman schiff said it was too early to say as of this morning whether there had been progress in his talks with the department of justi...

Wilderness. wins in 06, losing the gavel in 10, comes back years later. they dont have any other figure to trust on the big picture strategy other than speaker pa pelosi. >> great point. carol, to your bailiwick, is that something they can still have and hold and bring out later? >> absolutely, brian. they did even though it was 12 pages of legal arguments, they avoided that assertion which has to be formally made by the president. in a way, that is just putting down the court the ultimate recko...

Wrong on the history. if you go back and look at the investigations they conducted of president bill clinton, i was on the house oversight committee during that period of time when congressman dan burton, a republican did investigations of things like travel gate, file gate, we ended up doing whitewater before it went to the special counsel. there was an investigations of president clintons last-minute pardons of marc rich which this white house counsel has said cannot be investigated by congres...

Is something written into the law to determine if they could, congress could have access to an individuals tax returns. but on so many other areas, the congress has a much wider authority than simply legislative purpose. we also heard from nancy pelosi today, that she is keeping all options on the table regarding different types of contempt, for example, that could be used against william barr, the attorney general, or other officials. theres civil, criminal, and whats known as inherent, where t...

Commutation power. here for viewers who may have forgotten is conrad black. he is very famous, he wrote this book, donald j. trump, a president like no other. >> my reaction is it is appalling but it could never be more appalling than the pardon given to sheriff joe arpaio. given to racial profiling against immigrants who was held if contempt by a federal court and pardoned by this president. is president is using his pardon power strategically to speak tois had base. he pardoned scooter libby. ...

Very heated rhetoric about this and people are being lighthearted about this. what are we to make of it? >> she knows that the previous congress under the obama administration held the attorney general and contempt and nothing happened. that is why they could joke about it because they know this is all bluster and it doesnt mean much except for grabbing headlines and that is all this is about. i agree, i always hear here, the good old days in washington when you could argue and then ronald reaga...