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Peter strzok, or friday, and, it wouldnt work out well for me or for anyone watching this progra program. it wouldnt work out well if subpoenaed emails were deleted and bleach fit and devices beat up with hammers and sim cards removed. how are they getting away with it and congress, what am i going to do? i they will have no power if they dont enforce this contempt. >> if you and i did this we would be doing push-ups in the hall and only thereafter with there be a show cause hearing. no power to...

Will be questioning tomorrow, congressman john ratcliffe. i always like safe. people with oversight have a chance to question peter strzok. so lisa page congressman thomas doesnt show up today. zig made her an offer, show up tomorrow or show up by friday. tell me about this. >> we had a lot of discussion about how to handle her failure to comply with a congressional subpoena. ultimately she will get three bites of the apple. she had one bite today, we invited her to appear with peter strzok tomo...

Because that all of a sudden it is incumbent upon the doj to actually act and press charges. we actually have other constitutional ways to do it. as our guest will opine on, im sure. >> laura: allender she was, ever heard of an attorney, maybe you have, who refused to open an email, like not click on it, just pretend it doesnt exist. refuse to click on any amount which you know is a subpoena for your client. that seems, i mean, it seems kind of weird to me. your reaction. >> even if all of the r...

Since 1988 congress has been issued subpoenas, and 20 times they have issued a threat of contempt charges. if she doesnt show up this week are you guys going to follow through? >> i certainly hope so. my stated intention is to do that. its the one tool that we have to compel people to appear and give us the truth and allow us to conduct our congressional oversightus. im certainly going to recommend that she be held in contempt and the matter be referred if she doesnt appear -- i certainly hope s...

Would be behind closed doors. >> sean: lets go to the point that sarah is making here. i would no sooner defy a congressional subpoena. it wouldnt work out well for me or for anyone watching this program. it wouldnt work out well if subpoenaed emails were deleted and bleach fit and devices beat up with hammers and sim cards removed. why -- how are they getting away with it? and congress, what are they going to do? they will have no power if they dont enforce this contempt. >> if you and i did th...

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Hol -- has volunteered documents. jillian: will congress follow through and hold her in contempt? texas republican john ratcliff says thats exactly what should happen. >> my stated intention is to do that, i think the red lines as we have seen with the president need to be enforced and its the one tool that we have to compel people to appear and give, give us the truth and allow us to conduct our congressional oversight. so im certainly going to recommend that she be held in contempt and the mat...

One, shes had seven months to prepare. because we started initially asking her to come in in december of 2017. secondly, she wasnt even going to be prepared. fbi reached out to her council to say by the way, you may want to come in and review some of these documents. the third thing is actually she reviewed documents yesterday at 3:45, reviewed most of the documents. the only thing she didnt review was top-secret documents but we didnt anticipate any questions arising from that anyway. the attor...

Contempt which could happen is is friday. >> they were to give a close and failing to pay but we have nothing to hide and i am willing to testify. thense another panel page and her team were doing kills but he had to go back three times before they could reach>> her. >> the house speaker said. >> that is her choice by the peanut is not optional it is

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