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Texting with another participant on this call. mr. meadows has no conceivable privilege basis to refuse to testify on this topic. he is in contempt of congress. third, in the weeks before january 6th, president trumps appointees at the justice department informed him repeatedly that his claims of election fraud were not supported by the evidence and the election was not in fact stolen. president trump intended to appoint jeffrey clark as attorney general. in part so that mr. clark could alter th...

The u.s. capitol was under attack on january 6th. these are texts, she says, that are evidence the white house knew exactly what was going on in real time at the u.s. capitol on the 6th. listen to this. this is pretty stunning stuff. >> this vote on contempt today relates principally to mr. meadows refusal to testify about text messages and other communications that he admits are not privileged. he has not claimed and does not have any privilege basis to refuse entirely to testify regarding thes...

Admits is not privileged. hes not claimed and does not have any privilege basis to refuse entirely to testify regarding these topics. let me give just three examples. first, president trumps failure to stop the violence. on january 6th, our capitol building was attacked and invaded. the mob was summoned to washington by president trump, and as many of those involved have admitted on videotape and social media and in federal district court, they were provoked to violence by president trumps false...

0 swing. be vigilant and informed about your own health. that does it for us. "the reidout" with joe reid is -- joy reid is up next. hi, joy. >> have a wonderful evening. much appreciated. good evening. youre looking at the room where members of the house select committee on january 6th will soon be gathering for a special meeting. in this hour they will vote in a measure to refer criminal charges for donald trumps former chief of staff. mark meadows who defied their subpoena. theyll also be dis...

0 wrapups of either palestinian question or more pressing issue of iran, wolf. >> i suspect they talked about it privately. didnt make mention of it in the public statement. thank you very much. and to the viewers, thanks very much for watching. i am wolf blitzer in the situation room. and our out front starts right now. good evening, out front tonight we are standing by for a viewing vote. any minute members of the january 6th select committee are spec to recommend that the full house find do...

0 defense. the court yesterday appointed a guardian to represent their son. they have seemingly abandoned him. have had no contact with him. have not seen him or spoken to him. obviously what lies ahead for their case, its going to be a difficult one for prosecutors after they charge them with four counts of involuntary manslaughter arguing that they gave him the gun as a gift, but also saying that they did nothing to prevent him from unleashing this shooting, this attack. prosecutors saying the...

Thats interesting here is a legal matter. the recording is in the hands of the investigative team now. the prosecutors and the fbi who were doing the michael cohens case thats not privilege. it is handed over. there is no legal advice being sought or the crime -- it means it is usable in court and not excluded on privilege basis. this is a campaign finance violation and almost certainly as you point out we dont know whats on the recording. here is the president and michael cohen talking a couple...

Hinder the russia investigation, and he declined to answer the question. there is no privilege basis to decline to answer a question like that. if the president did not instruct him to take the action that would hinder the investigation, he should say so. if the president did obstruct him to hinder the investigation in any way, in my view, that would be a potentially criminal act and certainly not covered by any privilege. >> adam schiff, the top democrat on the house intelligence committee sayi...

Answer the question. there is no privilege basis to decline to answer a question like that. >> joining us now, california democrat congressman eric a member of the house intelligence committee and a former house intelligence committee staff member and vice president for national security program at the third way. congressman, what was -- what did you gain from this discussion with the attorney general today? >> well, we see a trend that i think the president is embold emboldeni emboldening, whic...

>> i do want to express my concern over his refusal to respond to what i think is a very important question. i asked the attorney general whether he was ever instructed by the president to take any action that would hinter the russia investigation and he declined to answer the question. there is no privilege basis to decline to answer the question like that. if the president did not instruct him to take the action that would hinder the investigation, he would say so. if the president did obstruc...