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Continually threaten the administration or members with impeachment or contempt. it doesnt seem to be getting them anywhere. they need to escalate it. either by bringing the president and directly or coming up with other ways to force the justices hand in producing these records. congress has a right to see under the constitution on the law. the justice department is thumbing its nose at congress. at the presidency. the document fight is just one symptom of it. there are some terrible corruption...

[ ♪ ] >> melissa: republican lawmakers setting today as the deadline for the justice department to turn over additional records related to the fbis handling of investigations during the 2016 election. some house lawmakers have warned that if the d.o.j. does not comply then the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein could be held in contempt or face impeach. we have more now live from washington. >> thank you, melissa. good afternoon. a source close to the process tells fox news that newly avai...

They werent able to. in terms of holding him in contempt that doesnt mean anything long-term. but hes saying throw down the gauntlet. if you want to come at me, thats fine. but jeff sessions recusal is something that a lot of people felt was necessary considering what had gone on during the campaign -- >> one heck of a recusal. >> and its up to president trump if he wants a new attorney general, that is available to him. the impression is that hes trying to tamper with this investigation. christ...

Fish or cut bait on this, continually threaten the administration or members with impeachment or contempt and not follow through doesnt seem to be getting them anywhere. they need to escalate it. either by bringing the president directly or coming up with other ways to force the justices hand in producing these records that congress has a right to see under the constitution and the law. the justice department is thumbing its nose at congress. its thumbing its nose at the presidency. theres a rea...

Resolution said the house should hold deputy attorney general rod rosenstein in contempt or impeach him if the doj fails to meet todays deadlines. during last weeks hearing, jim jordan pushed the deputy a.g. for answers. >> why are you keeping information from continuigress? >> im not keeping information -- >> in a few minutes, mr. rosenstein, the house of representatives will say something different. >> i dont agree with you. >> the house of representatives will go on record saying you havent c...

Was getting at, there isnt really a way to punish the government for this by the judge because you can hold the people in contempt, or you could try to fine one of the federal organizations, but you cant really get them to do this any faster. if its going to take a long time and they have to wait for dna testing, then its just going to take a long time. >> you cant get them to do it any faster. well, you could get them to do it somewhat faster, but to reconstruction records that have been destro...

Recent objection, i am going to plead the fifth, there is no jurisdiction in this committee, but to just stay they are going to make a spectacle of it, in some ways its the point. its a public event, imperfect as they are, the representatives are people. its a peoples chance to see in public this guy testify. its not a great legal basis but it is certainly in the short term, he can just not show up and put the committee through its paces to see if they want to hold him in contempt. >> melissa: s...

Cooperation while actually not cooperating and, of course, he wants to put the transcript out because the transcript as it now exists is the version of events that he wanted to give while not answering the questions he didnt want to answer. and giving all kinds of excuses why he couldnt answer them. so its not like the story will ever get better for him. i understand completely why he wants to get the transcript out. >> sandra: what happens if he doesnt comply with the subpoena request? >> oh, h...

Proud of the chief justice who is fighting back and proud of the poles in the streets protesting this. i thought that was in some ways the most interesting part about this story. weve known that this polish government has contempt for the rule of law, moving right. but to see people in the streets saying no, thats not the country we want. i think thats what -- thats the headline here. poles are in the street saying no we want our freedoms. >> he would be thrilled, mika. he really would be thrill...

Catherine herridge questioned strzok as he walked into a room. whats the dangers here in complying? >> well, listen, if he does not comply you are both absolutely right he could be held in contempt of congress. there is a monetary fine attached if that happens and he could go to jail. usually contempt of congress charge could allow for one month and 12 months in jail. thats happened before. and interestingly officials in both parties have not complied with subpoenas from congress in the past. >>...