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Refusing to comply with this grand jury order? >> it is very simple, wolf. a grand jury subpoena is not an invitation to a birthday party which you can accept or reject at your pleasure. it is a legal command and hes got to show up or they can find him in contempt which can be punished by being jailed, by being fined, and that can go on indefinitely. now, i do think that the mueller office does not want to get into a freak show contest with this guy who is somewhat emotionally unstable. theyll t...

Was colluding with the russians. >> if thats true, sam, carter page was an adviser to the trump campaign. >> he wasnt really an adviser, jay. do you think he was an adviser? he was a name on a list. >> reporter: carter page did respond in a statement to cnn today, culling -- calling the claims laughable. nunberg did say he spent about 80 hours this weekend starting to gather e-mails and documents requested by special counsel. but of course now has decided not to comply with the subpoena, and wol...

So much? >> yeah, the first step would be for a lawyer to communicate request twith the prosecutor. short of that, i think a judge could very well hold a witness in contempt. and i would think in a case like this when a witness is so publicly defying the subpoena power of the prosecutor, i would believe that a prosecutor would feel a very strong desire to file charges, to file a motion for contempt, because you have to think about the deterrent effect that that might have on other witnesses out ...

One stone that he doesnt turnover, that if he ever closes up shop and anything else comes out, then hes going to get criticized. so he has to look at everything and he has to cast his net far and wind. the thing about the number thing that just always reminds me is that we have so little insight into mueller. we have so little understanding. all of a sudden a few weeks ago he pops the indictment against 13 russians no one thought that was coming. so, were basing our understanding of mueller on s...

Question. >> and im warning her to shut her mouth. >> 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 has to determine if they really want me to add every communication ive with roger stone and steve bannon. >> the court may hold in contempt -- >> theyre going to send me to jail. thats funny e. >> if you are saying that they set a friday deadline. in your mind -- >> no, they wanted a 3...

Mueller has taken in the case, i think mueller would like nothing better than to put somebody in jail over contempt or failing to comply with the subpoena. he tried to set examples with paul manafort, hes trying to send messages to everyone that he is serious and that hes going to treat no one with kid gloves. i think hed be perfectly happy to take sam nunberg if sam holds out and doesnt comply with the subpoena. if he finds a new lawyer he suggested in the interview his lawyer was going to dump...

Interview has said they are very serious. they are very thorough. and that the team knows way, way, way more than you think they know. >> and katy, and kasie, both of you, preak bharara, the former u.s. attorney in new york just tweeted a few minutes ago, i would bet that robert mueller already has sam nunbergs mails. whether or not he decides to make a show of ripping up his subpoena and getting arrested and going to jail for contempt, that information is probably already in the possession of h...

Jailed for 18 months for that contempt. >> so sam, your reaction to hearing that laid out by a federal prosecutor and what ms. mcquade just said. im trying toab be fair and accurate. >> you are being fair. >> the implication of what she is analyzing under the law is the way youve spoken out, and youve spoken out several times today, the way youre speaking out, she said is actually potentially hurting, undermining the type of case you might make for why you shouldnt have to testify, because youre...

Hot and bothed. >loatherred.>> havent heard fra while. >> well explain why this is coming out. >> between he and jeff sessions, i had a president i did not have to protect. this notion that somehow i was protecting obama from things he had done inappropriately or illegally is simply not true. >> again a vailed swap, not so veiled swap at the president and jeff sessions. he was described wanting someone who would protect him and be loyal. you look at eric holder, president obama said there were n...

Explanation by the fbi and doj as to fraud and contempt upon the court? >> i can tell you this, with the fisa investigation and everything that happened, we know the president is talking about attacking sessions installation an obama guy take care of the investigation. whether an investigator inspector general is an obama guy and he served under bush, it doesnt matter. judge jeanine: thats not what im asking you. im asking whether the presiding judge of the fisa court should demand an explanatio...