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Can be, as he deals with what is probably the most difficult, high-stress situation in ones life. >> does he realize -- matt, youve got sam making light of potential consequences. what happens if he doesnt comply? what is he facing? because bob mueller, thats a serious dude. >> hes facing jail time. its just that simple. if he doesnt comply with the subpoena, i think its pretty obvious what bob mueller will do, hell move to hold him in contempt of court. its hard to believe a judge wouldnt hold ...

They arrested me. >> if youre held in contempt of course, wouldnt you have higher legal bills? >> is it would be really, really funny if they wanted to arrest me because i dont want to spend 80 hours going over e-mails i have with steve bannon and roger stone. >> i think it would be really, really funny if they arrested me. and that was when the public speculation began on the question of what is or was sam nunbergs state today. was he in his right mind? was he sober, which ended up in his last ...

You have to have that power. and particularly in an investigation like this you have to have the ability to hold somebody in contempt if they snub their noses at the court. >> i could not agree more. and i do think maybe the most important thing about this is not just the mueller investigation, but what signal this has sent and all these trump attacks on law enforcement to all the other investigations which have nothing to do with mueller across the country. i mean, if trump cant trust his own p...

You. but the key word is self. so ive not heard the assertion of any legitimate privilege here. so i think robert mueller can and likely will file a motion for contempt and the penalty for that is jail up to 18 months in an effort to induce compliance if at the end of 18 months a person wont comply you can be charged criminally and punished for an additional 18 months. >> lets listen to what he said about his attempt, basically, to protect roger stone talking to ari. >> theyre trying to set up a...

Charged with a crime, but mcdougal spent 22 months in jail, 18 of which were for contempt. and today, she has advice for nunberg and anyone thinking that they can defy mueller. susan mcdougal joins me now. she, again, officered advice to nunberg in "the washington post." im also joined by mimi rocha, miriam rocha, a former federal prosecutor and a former assistant u.s. attorney in the southern district of new york. shes worked alongside some of the members of robert muellers team in the past. su...

And nunberg. mr. nunberg, if your lawyer is listening, your lawyer needs to call you and talk to you. because no lawyer wants to see a client self-destruct like this. he is so going to jail. what you do as a prosecutor, a guy doesnt show up or says he is not going to talk you ask the united states marshall, first you have to and hold him into contempt. the marshal marches him off to the penitentiary and he sit theres until he gets with the program. >> its all down the road did the president do s...

>> are you worried about getting arrested? >> i think it would be funny if they arrested me. >> if youre held in contempt of course, wouldnt you have higher legal bills? >> is it would be really, really funny if they wanted to arrest me because i dont want to spend 80 hours going over e-mails i have with steve bannon and roger stone. >> i think it would be really, really funny if they arrested me. and that was when the public speculation began on the question of what is or was sam nunbergs state...

You can decline to answer the questions if it incriminates you. but the key word is self. so ive not heard the assertion of any legitimate privilege here. so i think robert mueller can and likely will file a motion for contempt and the penalty for that is jail up to 18 months in an effort to induce compliance if at the end of 18 months a person wont comply you can be charged criminally and punished for an additional 18 months. >> lets listen to what he said about his attempt, basically, to prote...

Corey lewandowski. give me a break. its ridiculous. when i get a subpoena like this, robert is right, its a witch-hunt. i mean mr. trump is right, its a witch-hunt. ive spent money on an attorney. ive cooperated with them. when i got something like this and then they wanted me to go to the grand jury next friday and i believe theyre trying to start a case against roger. >> why do you think after you did the other interview do they want to make you go into a grand jury room? >> because theyre try...

Get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call 1-800-501-6000. as we continue following this breaking news, we just heard how sam nunberg could go to prison for his refusal to respond to the subpoena. there is someone else we can think back to in wirt whitewater. >> she went to jail for 22 months. most of it on contempt because she wouldnt answer a few questions on bill clinton before a grand jury. she was very motivated, she was very close to clinto...