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Comply. why is mr. strzok different, if he is? >> first of all, leland, the attorney said that he couldnt show up on that date. so he wasnt sure if he was going to comply or not. not complying is not a great option here because you could be held in criminal contempt, you could have civil contempt charges brought against you as well. unless you have some sort of privilege, some sort of executive privilege, state privilege there is a big problem with not complying. i believe he should comply but t...

With our national security and russia, it has everything to do with never trumps invented at the top spots of the fbi and trying to impact that election, saying they will stop donald trump. if that is not enough for republicans in congress to say that they will take all the appropriate steps -- in the doj have to do it. >> judge jeanine: they are not doing it. im asking them to do it. finding out when are they going to hold them in contempt -- david schoen. now, you know the system better than a...

Crisis with congress and contempt. rod rosenstein has to be removed. hes running running mueller investigation. we know her that has gone. he got cute with jim jordan the other day when he asked, who told strzok who couldnt answer these questions? he said, i ive got 150,000 i employees, i dont know, he is just one. that is nonsense. the focus is on strzok and the fbi director and everyone else ought to be mortified at what has been uncovered now. >> judge jeanine: smart guys.ha david schoen, gen...

I dont need someones permission. they had these guys going to court, getting it on their own. is congress that innocent? >> that is exactly right for what they just said, they can demand it, they can hold someone in contempt, they can start impeachment proceedings. at the end of the day, it is a political question. the american people are watchin watching. the congressman, including republicans, they dont take the steps, they will throw people out of office. hopefully, we hold onto that majority...

Respond. ultimately cost over $48 million to the taxpayers. as you know, the cases involved detaining people without what a judge said were cause as well as accusations of racial profiling. do you stand by all of that or do you think that being held in contempt by a judge shows that some of that for you was over the line? >> well, first of all, we run one of the best jail systems in the country according to the u.s. department of justice and others. when you went through that litany that was put...

Presidential pardons and commutations leaving many to wonder if hes trying to send a message to his fellow subjects in the russia probe. he gave his very first pardon to a political ally, joe arpaio, the controversial former arizona sheriff, who was actually convicted of contempt of court for defying judges orders. now, i spoke to arpaio on "the beat" right after he announced he was running for the u.s. senate. we talked about many things, including why he thought he should be able to write fede...

I had to hear about it in the media. so theres a lot of other things involving this and im not going to get into it. im not going to get into it anymore. >> do you understand when you come here and talk about the due process rights that you feel like you may not have been afforded, you just said you didnt like the way you found out about it from the judge but at the beginning you came on and said tough if these detainees, who by the way some of them had not been convicted of anything or held in ...

Cooperate. >> no, he has not. >> do you understand that you have a legal obligation to comply? >> yeah, i have a legal -- technically i have a legal obligation. but robert mueller and the team is going to have to decide, if they really want me to give every communication i had with steve bannon and roger stone from the -- >> well, sir, i think theyve decided, let me read to you, because this is important, defying a subpoena is a jailable offense, im reading under the rules the court may hold in ...

The record, sir and then i will move on to other topics. that is not the only thing youre on for. we have to go through the facts and the receipts. thats something we do here. you mentioned the appeal. but it was a senior federal judge susan bolton in your case who said quote the pardon undoubtedly spared the defendant any punishment, but it did not revise the historical facts of this case. you do understand this is the finding, this is the contempt, the final question before we move on is why s...

Media. so theres a lot of other things involving -- >> do you understand how that sounds, sir? i want to give you a chance to respond. but do you understand that when you come here and you talk about the due process rights that you feel you may not have been afforded you just said you didnt like the way you found out about it from the judge, but at the beginning of this discussion you came on here and said, tough, if these detainees who by the way some of them had not been convicted of anything,...