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In his favor in court. that said, he has won even while hes losing simply by dragging things out. so congress has to be ready to act quickly. they seem like they are. the courts, our judges cant let these cases sit for years or months. they can get these things done in a matter of a month or two. and doj, again, merrick garland, theres a lot of pressure on merrick garland. joe biden has said he thinks this case should be charged. so all three of those actors need to stiffen up and show some spin...

Said the committee to hold them responsible. and the committee is moving against bannon. next thursday is the documents to be submitted by two stop the steal organizers. on thursday and friday, the committee has scheduled depositions of three different people who planned and executed the event. thompson making it clear no one, including the former president, is above the reach of their investigation. >> i will say this at this point, nobody is off limits. to a subpoena from this committee. >> re...

Politicians want to keep it going. but the police are going to have a view on it, too. >> yeah. its a real tragedy. may he rest in peace. nic robertson, thanks. nobody is off limits. could donald trump himself get a subpoena? stay with us. ...to be fresh. welcome to the eat fresh refresh. refresh where there is so much new, some say that it cant fit in one ad. i say... ...were talking a new all-american club, deli-style oven-roasted turkey and... oh, thats the new steak & cheese. oh yeah, i kn...

Heres how he responded. >> i want to be precise. are you ruling out or ruling in the possibility of eventually subpoenaing trump? >> well, i would say this at this point, wolf. nobody is off limits to a subpoena to this committee. >> nobody is off limits. should the committee go after trump directly? >> the chairman was articulating the bedrock principle of american law, ana. no one is above the law. i think that the committee needs to make that decision after it has collected some of this initi...

House members have also subpoenaed other former trump officials for depositions. ex-pentagon official kash patel, former chief of staff mark meadows, his deputy dan scavino, they were set to appear today and tomorrow. theyve all been given short postponements by the committee. former president has weighed in, referring to what he called the unselect committee and said, "they should hold themselves in criminal contempt." tonight committee chairman thompson said this about whether donald trump wou...

Which it did. that rioter was arrested on january 19th. well one day later on january 20th, this capitol police officer then went in and deleted all of his messages with the rioter. that amounting to that other obstruction charge. so this capitol police officer now facing two counts of obstruction in this federal indictment. he is a peered via video before a judge today and his arraignment are later on this month. but serious charges for a capitol police officer, 50 years old and on the force fo...

Ruling out a subpoena for the former president himself or for former vice president mike pence. watch. >> your colleague bennie thompson has not ruled a subpoena for former president trump saying quote nobody is off limits for a subpoena from this committee. is that really realistic, potentially, a subpoena for him or even for vice president pence? >> yeah, im sure its -- you know, it is realistic. i mean, we are not going to jump to doing that immediately because, obviously, thats big. theres a...

"be kind" culture behind it. thats a thing on social media, #bekind, and it sounds great, but comedy cannotjust be kind, because it willjust be nice and it will not tell the truth about humanity. and what you get more and more is comedy trying so hard to be warm and fuzzy that it tells no truth about humanity. you get it elsewhere. you get it in drama, in succession, written by the bloke who wrote peep show as it happens, but i think comedy is going a bit soft. right. so, if comedy really is abo...

Should hide behind executive privilege when we wasnt in the government just because former trump says. its not the law. so well follow the law. well make sure that in every instance, thats what we do. >> just want to -- on this matter. i want to be precise. are you ruling out or in the possibility of eventually subpoenaing trump? >> well, i would say this at this point, wolf. nobody is off limits. to a subpoena from this committee. >> i assume that means the former president as well. as you know...

Developments. i want to dig deeper with cnn special correspondent, jamie, and cnns senior legal analyst. jamie, you just heard the chairman, benny thompson, say, explain why theyre so interested in steve bannon and what message theyre sending by pursuing potential criminal contempt charges. whats your reaction? >> well, first of all, i think that was an extraordinary interview. chairman thompson doesnt do a lot of interviews and just to go back to a couple of things that he said about former pre...