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>> its an unusual thing. hes doing it, he says, so that theres no doubt at all that he will testify. so, if someone is ending up being cute at the end, or comes up with some excuse, they have a subpoena, they say he has to follow it, otherwise he faces possible contempt. so, to me, this is -- and elijah cummings has said strong statements, as well, hes head of the oversight committee. so in all of these chairmanships, early in the congress, as theyve taken power, there are strong statements abou...

Come to the meeting unless he gets assurance in writing by 6:00 p.m. tonight that these questions are off the table. we wait to see what the house does on this. if they try to pursue it, they could try to hold him in contempt if he doesnt show. >> when it comes to attorney general nominee bill barr, one step away from becoming attorney general. democrats have been vocally opposed to that today. >> thats right. he is well on his way to senate confirmation, voted along by party lines in the senate...

Beginning since he made it so very clear that he did not believe the russia investigation was a valid investigation. so i think in a way what the democrats are doing is trying to kind of flex their muscle. it is a little bit of theater here to say, okay, were going to preemptively subpoena you so just get ready when you testify before us. so the democrats are saying there is a new sheriff in town and we can do this. what the justice department -- what whitaker is saying and presumably the admini...

That only goes so far. its not as if the congress police will arrest whitaker. we havent seen that since 1935. they could go to court and get a civil contempt through a judge and they could try to get doj to enforce a subpoena but in reality the justice department is not going to go after the attorney general. they only have so many options to play here. >> the white house and the president expressed total confidence in whitaker today. whats their perspective on the battle under way this hour? >...

To be able to invoke executive privilege tomorrow, on friday. in addition to that, is voting tomorrow, i believe, on whether or not matt whitaker should be issued a subpoena to testify, even though the acting attorney general, whos a member of the cabinet, has already agreed voluntarily to testify. >> why would a subpoena -- >> its an unusual thing. hes doing it, he says, so that theres no doubt at all that he will testify. so if someone is ending up being cued at the end or comes up with some e...

Whitaker, could what comes next? >> well, it depends on what whitaker will do. if he ignores the subpoena, he will be held in contempt. its complicated because it could end up in court, could be more of a symbolic move than anything else and may not end up with what democrats want, to get whitaker before this committee in a public capacity answering these questions. it could lead to a fight that will drag out for some time and wolf until that ultimately gets resolved, who knows when that would h...

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Precedent should be repeated, theres a lot of relevance for donald trumps claim because democrats havent gone anywhere near yet the hard ball that gop congress played against the obama administration and its attorney general, for example, eric holder. >> you either lied or you were grossly incompetent in your actions. >> i realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general, but it is important that we have proper oversight. >> you dont want to go there, okay? >> i dont want to go th...

Have no credibility, and contempt for people of color. he should own it, apologize and move on. >> before we go, how much time do you think he has until people start talking about impeachment or the next step which they have been very careful to avoid in order to give him the space to do the right thing? >> well, we need to understand that impeachment in virginia is just like impeachment in the frov federal government and thats for malfeasance in the office. it might be nice and interesting to t...

Attorney general mark herring who admitted he did the same decades ago? >> one thing i know they must apologize to the people who got their vote and that they offended. they have the power to redome or reject them. the people have the power to redome them. what i said also when we look at virginia, the u.s -- from mississippi would take the front seat of a lynching party. she sits in the senate with nobody challenging her. the governor of florida said when contempt against this its market busine...