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It is rare for grand jury witnesses to actually be held in contempt because if you get a grand jury subpoena you have to talk. the authorities tell you that. your lawyer will tell you that if you ask him and the last time a witness even claimed they might defy bob muellers grand jury subpoena, well, that was sam nunberg. it made big news. but he said he would talk. so todays news is important. it is the first time a federal judge has actually went ahead and found a witness in contempt in the mue...

Theres some new signs that robert mueller is turning up the heat on ronlger stone. randy cedicos lawyer says his client plans to co s ts to comp andrew miller was held in contempt for refusing to comply with his subpoena. joining me now is sam nunberg. as you know, i do want to start with andrew miller. according to nbc news, kristen davis saying he used to keep

Name if i botched. you believe him to be an important piece of this. why? >> once again, nicolle, we are seeing not oversight, but rather complete attempts to obstruct by calling as witnesses under subpoena to the hill people who -- some of whom are career public servants. jonathan moffa, for example, is a long-time career intelligence analyst in the counter intelligence division of the fbi. hes very smart. heeds been with this case since day one. so what theyre doing is they have identified him...

And in order for us to get the contempt and to appeal. >> now as you know rudy giuliani has said that he hopes that this investigation is over by september 1st. it seems clear that that is not going to happen. ed the lawyer telling us that he plans to testify before the grand jury on september 7th. >> the plot thickens. joining us to discuss paul kalin. read the tea leaves for us when it comes to roger stone and all the people close to him that mueller wants to talk to what is clear. >> you know...

Have a good case. >> right. >> the judge recognized it -- >> if you lose, will he testify? >> hell have to testify if we lose, of course. >> so he will not hold out because hes libertarian. maybe he would just hold out on principle. >> no, no, no. hes been cooperating with the special prosecutor -- special counsel in this case. so hes not going to be a recalcitrant witness. were just standing on principle, chris. this is the constitution thats involved and thats what our main interest is. >> bot...

The clinton foundation. but there is no telling what the october surprise may. >> but later walked it back. >> where is theproof? there is no proof. >> but the circle tightening around stone as mueller subpoenaed a radio host attorney telling cnn he intends to comply. >> my name is out there. >> stone claims this man was a back channel to assange during the 2016 campaign. stone telling cnn i realize that he was a wikileaks lawyer and not assange himself. a at know imtime did he tell me the sourc...

Interaction between roger stone and julian assange. but she did testify before the grand jury today. >> what about andrew miller, the former aide to roger stone? he was held in contempt. >> kristin davis answered her subpoena, she was here before the grand jury. andrew miller did not. he refused to comply with the subpoena and as a result the judge held him in contempt and issued a 93-page opinion. the judge put the contempt ruling on hold until monday so andrew millers attorneys can go through ...

Davis worked for roger stone. she did some clerical work for his website. during the campaign, during 2016 talked about the fact that he had talked with julian assange. of course he later walked that back. but given that fact, kristin davis is of interest to the special counsel to shed light of what she knows of this possible interaction between roger stone and julian assange. but she did testify before the grand jury today. >> he was held in contempt? >> rite. so kristin davis, she answer herd ...

Compelling political questions, because this judge said that too. these are interesting questions, but they are not legally sufficient. >> no. the judge -- the other judge said that the statutory argument was a compelling argument in terms of the lawfulness. in any event, chris, these are one judge in our case, and the reason we had to not appear at the grand jury was so -- in fact, we even asked this judge to hold our client in contempt of court because under the rules of appellate procedure, y...

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