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Now. this was a whirled win whirl wie week. just up until wednesday they were hell bent on forcing a contempts vote. why did mo meadows back down by giving the doj and fbi one more chance. >> he claims because his strategy worked. i want to point out a few factors that affect the strategy so that viewers understand why he pulled this quote, unquote nuclear option. in the house, a privileged resolution means you have to vote on it within two days. for contempt, the entire house judiciary committe...

In contempt. thats referred back to the doj for prosecution. that gets us into the situation we saw with eric holder where the doj declined to prosecute him. the last time an executive office official was prosecuted was for perjury in the early 80s. at that point they can only move for civil charges. i want viewers to understand that as well. julie: i want our viewers to understand how long house republicans have been asking for the documents related to the doj and fbis handling of the investiga...

>> congresswoman, great to see you. >> thank you. >> hakeem jeffries from new york. editor-in-chief of "law fair," and senior fellow at the brookings institution joining us, and former cia analyst. ben, let me start with and the debate thats been raging on in "law fair," debate, ink has been spilled over the issue of impeachment and rod rosenstein. want to get your perspective on what weve seen from more conservative members of the caucus. your sense of the potential longevity of this argument...

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Level of high crimes and misdemeanors. thats a really high standard. >> bill: paul ryan reacting to some conservative members of the house including congressman mark meadows opting to -- going after contempt charges. matt gaetz on this. good morning to you. i guess contempt is still on the table. you will shelf it for now. how come? >> we filed articles of impeachment. if we dont receive the documents and witnesses we need absent unnecessary redactions its my expectations that meadows, jordan an...

Off they cant get cooperation. they feel an obligation of oversight and fighting for the piece of paperwork over and over again and they reach a point and they get frustrated. >> bill: you dont get to death con 1. i said myself in the last number of weeks, we even talked about it, you are running a farce if you arent using your power as a tribunal to compel the production of information. so if they dont get the documents they ask for and people thumb their nose in testimony and dont answer quest...

Supervising the mueller investigation and what they call justice department stonewalling on congressional subpoena of thousands of documents. the impeachment measure could be brought up at any moment as a privileged motion. >> it would require a vote on the house floor within two days. frankly, it is either we hold him in contempt or get the documents or we impeach him. >> in reality, impeachment is highly unlikely. top house leaders dont support it. rosenstein pushed back against house republic...

Rod rosenstein has been in their sights for months for his role in the mueller investigation and the justice department stonewalling for thousands of documents. the freedom caucus says the measure could be brought up for a vote at any moment for a privileged motion. >> it would require a vote on the house floor within two days. frankly, it is we hold him in contempt or we get the documents or we impeach him. >> in reality, impeachment is unlikely. top house leaders dont support it. rosenstein is...

Stonewalling for thousands of documents. the freedom caucus says the measure could be brought up for a vote at any moment for a privileged motion. >> it would require a vote on the house floor within two days. frankly, it is we hold him in contempt or we get the documents or we impeach him. >> in reality, impeachment is unlikely. top house leaders dont support it. rosenstein is pushed back against republican critics. he said the justice department will not be extorted and not much time to do any...