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Were back at doj and fbi, when all of this was going on? >> what recourse, bill, does congress have if they wont cooperate and wray goes up there and says im sorry i cant do anything -- >> a lot of resource. they can hold people in contempt. they can impeach the fbi director. i think they should have done it to the irs commissioner on the way out and they are paying the price for not having done it. they can cut budget ets. there is a lot of things -- >> what would contempt mean? >> contempt wou...

Are in charge of the committee that he testified in front of, i dont think anything. its hard to imagine that they are going to hold him in contempt. the committee has been very favorable towards trump. now he cant do this or he can try to do this, if hes in front of a grand jury or in front of robert mueller, for that point he would face consequences, not least among them is contempt. >> contempt. the other character talking about in this investigation from the mueller team, natasha is george p...

Today, our kristen welker was there, following the president and reporting on the opening of this museum, and in that interview, representative, that one resident saying, wouldnt it have been good if john lewis did go, because potentially he could have furthered the arguments that he believes need to be fath furthered. whats your reaction? >> i cant imagine how john lewis would be able to share a stage with him. the white house is down the street from the capitol. i dont think it would have acco...

Knew even three years ago. >> he does not look in great physical shape. and he has not for some time. >> now it is coming to us and saying, the president of the united states is not mentally fit. >> sean: they are not mentally fit to host a tv show. there you have it. armchair conspiracy tv from the unhinged morning show cohost and his merry band of trump haters. makes you wonder why liberal joe has so much rage and contempt for this president. joe, you are scaring us. i will pay for therapy if ...

Compel -- claiming privilege and doesnt hold up? how do you force them to talk? >> presumably the team will talk to donald trump jr., ask him questions, hell invoke privilege, team will think its ludicrous and without merit and go to court. they have a court process and can compel him to talk about it, if he doesnt could be held in contempt. various remedies you have, bob mueller and his team with proceedings in front of a court and grand juries in place has tools. >> after the hearing with dona...

Concern if he actually got rid of the agent. if the agent was still there, i would understand why so much concern was expressed. >> there is also the house intel republicans threatening to hold the fbi in contempt because they are also trying to sift through records at the fbi and the doj. i wonder like how far do you see your colleagues taking this? >> it is a very perverse theory that they have, which is that somehow the hillary clinton campaign concerned about donald trumps ties to russia hir...

About it? >> what should be done about it and what ive asked senator grassley, chairman of the judiciary, to do is to subpoena donald trump jr., along with jared kushner and others, including k.t. mcfarland, who may have knowledge of this collusion with russia, so that they will be compelled to tell the truth. and donald trump, if hes subpoenaed, will have to testify before the judiciary committee in the open under oath. if he invokes this claim of privilege, he should be instructed to answer it...

Him. this is not the person that we knew even three years ago. >> he does not look in great physical shape. and he has not for some time. >> now it is coming to us and saying, the president of the united states is not mentally fit. >> sean: you are not mentally fit to host a tv show. there you have it. on sheer conspiracy tv from the unhinged morning show cohost and his merry ban of trumpers. makes you wonder why liberal joe has so much rage and contempt for this president. joe, you are scaring ...

Serious defiance of both the rule of law and the purpose of congress. >> well, then what can you do about it? >> what should be done about it and what ive asked senator grassley, chairman of the judiciary, to do is to subpoena donald trump jr., along with jared kushner and others, including k.t. mcfarland, who may have knowledge of this collusion with russia, so that they will be compelled to tell the truth. and donald trump, if hes subpoenaed, will have to testify before the judiciary committee...

Republicans threatening to hold the fbi in contempt because they are also trying to sift through records at the fbi and the doj. i wonder like how far do you see your colleagues taking this? >> it is a very perverse theory that they have, which is that somehow the hillary clinton campaign concerned about donald trumps ties to russia hired the steele dossier folks who informed the fbi and then the fbi based their investigation on the hillary clinton opposition research and thats how we are where ...