Page 970 - Contempt News Today

Their contempt for the president leads into contempt for his supporters. i think they need to figure out that much of the country has different sensibilities for what they are looking for out of washington. >> the president delivered a big christmas gift late to the "new york times." >> yes. >> the embodiment of the washington press corp establishment. the "new york times" favorite printoutlet to speak to and he will criticize it. >> i think the "times" enjoying bashing him and its good for thei...

Were apparently withheld. look, it doesnt matter who you are or what the probe is, if you are revealed to have documents that you denied having, thats a problem. so clearly that is an issue and thats to my mind the stronger facet of his argument. >> julie: he is demanding all these records and available dates for witnesses to testify as we heard kevin corke talk about. he is requesting they be provided to the committee by january 3rd. if the f.b.i. and d.o.j. dont actually hold up to this they c...

Whether investigating the clinton foundation or the latest assertion of collusion that is meritless. >> julie: the subpoenas were back in august. four months later after, the f.b.i. and d.o.j. havent provided the committee with the records. nunes is demanding all records and available dates for witnesses to testify to be provided to the committee by january 3. will the f.b.i. and d.o.j. comply and what happens if they dont? >> well, if the f.b.i. and the department of justice continue to ignore ...

Their record. i think contempt would be the appropriate next step but hopefully the threat of it will be enough to get them to act. >> julie: great to see you, happy new year. thank you. president trump vowed to take an ax to the mountain of regulations and the federal government and repeal many obama era policies. i was he doing so far and is the president slowly owed on doing obamas legacy? >> i have done more on knocking

Because the investigation has proven not to be independent but rather be very biased. this only enhances peoples distrust in the agency. i think its time for jeff sessions to say something about this. while he has recused himself from the investigation, he is not recused himself from the responsibility of overseeing this agency. i think you should say get your act together, get over there and testify and release the documents. >> julie: if you think the doj and fbi are stonewalling, is this the ...

Doj and fbi, whether you call it deep state or what, are off the rails. i dont want to discredit them. i would like toes the directors purge the agencies. we have a lot of great lawyers and people here, those are the people i want the american people to see, not these people who are kind of a deep state. >> david, certainly there are tens of thousands of federal workers who wake up every morning filled with contempt of the president, but they go to work and try to do their job. a purge of the fb...

Who can be charged? in the end, whether its the scenario that nigers scenario, or march of the reality was happening now. you talk about how you cannot produce fraudulent documents to a court or a judge could hold you in contempt. who can be charged in the scenario? >> you can start with the people who appear to have exonerated hillary clinton for political purposes. that would be obstruction of justice. if that involved peter strzok, who apparently changed the critical wording in the exoneratio...

In the end, whether its the scenario that niger used, or more to the reality of whats happening now. you talk about how you cannot produce fraudulent documents to a court or a judge could hold you in contempt. who can be charged in the scenario? >> you can start with the people who appear to have exonerated hillary clinton for political purposes. that would be obstruction of justice.pl if that involved peter strzok, who apparently changed the critical wording in the exoneration statement, you mi...

Have a potential court order against secretary mattis to hold him in contempt if the pentagon doesnt get in compliance with the law. david. >> hans, i just want to ask you about what precipitated this. you mentioned devin kelley, the shooter responsible for that horrible shooting in sutherland springs. to what degree was a catalyst for all of this? >> it was a major catalyst. in the past the pentagon has done reviews, but the idea that an individual who should not have access to a gun, should ha...

What are they asking for in the lawsuit? >> well, in names, secretary mattis, it names all four secretaries -- three secretaries, army, navy, air force. theyre trying to get them to be held in contempt if the department of defense is not in compliance with this very clear federal law that there needs to be this reporting taking place. theyre basically looking to the courts for another avenue, for an enforcement mechanism to make sure the department of defense does what its required to do under t...