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Doj and fbi arent giving over requested documents. he says legally he doesnt have to stay uninvolved. whats he implying? >> that he will tell the department of justice to comply with the subpoena. i think something else might be going on here. remember, the republican house of representatives found eric holder in contempt of congress for refusing to turn over documents. they dont turn over documents of pending investigations. this is a longstanding process, procedure on the part of the justice d...

Deadline is. he wants to see those documents before the deadline hits. will we? >> i dont think so. congress has to act now. it has been treated with contempt by the f.b.i. and the d.o.j. just look, they had all this time. its 11:00 p.m. letter they get on a friday night. either they comply or they dont. the accountability in our system is based on accountability to we the american people through our elected representatives in congress, not to inspector generals as valuable as they may be or spe...

Even if they slap them with contempt of copying, house republicans can go to judge and say, you need to order doj to comply was. that would be remedy. >> who would the judge be? >> the house republicans, dc judge to do that. heather: okay. >> so even together its not forceful but if a judge orders you to turn over document now you a second bite of the apple to force compliance here. they may end up doing that. heather: the whole system of checks and balances, theal the bigger story here thats co...

The justice department and fbi only partly meeting a deadline to hand over classified documents in the russia investigation. they threatened to hold officials in contempt. paul ryans office found the request for additional time reasonable. house intel chairman devin sent out a new letter demanding answers by tomorrow night. john is concrete area one of the panels that requested the documents. he also serves on the house homeland security committee. congressman, thank you for joining us this morn...

This is your story about the fight and what now appears to be contempt of congress followed by an impeachment at least being filed against rod rosenstein. are they going to do it? threats arent going to work anymore. >> threats arent going to work anymore. they need to take this seriously. they have said over and over again, sean, both meadows, jordan and others that they are going to take this to the floor and file impeachment papers. rod rosenstein is willing to go forward with this fight. he ...

Bias. >> more about it. ive been enthusiast for most amount of documents that can be overreleased. people over redact and withhold to push back against devin nunes, i will hold you in contempt, hes been the most flagrant -- >> stay tuned, more to come on that. first lady melania trump visiting migrant kids yesterday, but her trip is getting a lot of attention for her actions and also for her wardrobe choice before and after that visit, whether that was fair, well debate. stick with us. its just ...

Next. >> republicans want documents detailing the early stages of the russia probe and they are not getting them. there is some tough talk from paul ryan. >> we expect compliance. im getting daily reports from our committee chairs about the progress but i expect them to comply with her legitimate document requests because this is legitimate oversight of the executive branch. >> ryan is not ruling out holding the deputy attorney general in contempt of these documents are not produced. last friday...

To issued a contempt order it should be done. its rare for the legislature to hold a member of the executive in contempt but it has been done. then you have to go to court and get the court to enforce it. i think generally its used as a sort thing to hold over the head of justice department officials and in the end they comply. i suspect that will happen here. we may see drama. they may say no. >> bill: these documents the hillary clinton clinton email, fisa application, why would the department...

>> the speaker has been clear and told me this mr. meadows, i and others introduced which says the full house goes on record and tell the department of justice if you dont give us what we have within a certain time period well move to the next step. the resolution comes first, if rosenstein doesnt comply, then its contempt and were prepared to file articles of impeachment against mr. rosenstein if he doesnt give the house of representatives and congress a separate and equal branch of governments...

Fight and what now appears to be contempt of congress followed by an impeachment at least being filed against rod rosenstein. are they going to do it? threats arent going to work anymore. >> threats arent going to work anymore. they need to take this seriously. they have said over and over again, sean, both meadows, jordan and others that they are going to take this to the floor and file impeachment papers. rod rosenstein is willing to go forward with this fight. he is going to try to fight them...