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That has been for the best, although obviously we could potentially first see democratic outcry if the doj ultimately decides not to press any criminal charges. >> so dan, you talked about peter navarros lack of legal expertise, his skills. i was going to read you part of the lawsuit, and i literally as i read it, its so bonkers that like the words -- im going to have a hard time parsing them on the page. im just reading part of it. i just want to ask you like on a scale of one to ten how nuts t...

That terrorists, that criminals, that sociopaths can walk into a gun store, walk into a gun show and buy a weapon and youre going to do absolutely nothing about it. its crazy. and the fact that these people want gavels next year is absolutely scary, because we can see that when it comes to protecting the american public that they would rather allow for criminals to still be able to get guns, and we absolutely have to get something done this time and im absolutely worried that mitch mcconnell is ...

Different, that something can get done. >> every time we think that something different is going to happen, nothing happens. i can remember my freshman year in congress in 2013 and we thought with all the children that were killed in sandy hook that that one was going to be different, and absolutely nothing happened. and so we need more than talk and more than a nod. i actually think that mitch mcconnell, by him not being more definitive and coming out and saying, yes, were prepared to move on t...

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The case. it seems that this is a stall tactic, and the president asking though the court actually a very important question and that is how far does executive privilege extend when youre out of office, and the committee wants the could court to decide soon if theyre going to consider it. >> thats right. so, poppy this are two parts of the government that were fully on board in having these documents from the trump white house get into the hands of the house select committee. those were congress...

Flat footed or it was intentionally holding back its response, and thats deeply disturbing. >> meanwhile, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell is making headlines after he seemingly showed support for the committee by saying their findings are something the public needs to know. and a florida man who attacked cops with a fire extinguisher has received more than five years behind bars, and that is the longest january 6th sentence to date. that was a long time. joining me now, hugo lowell, con...

And at least do it in person? >> absolutely right, andrea. the report that the committee issued last night, 51 pages goes to in great detail to make its case as to why mark meadows is appropriately to be held in criminal contempt. it shows how he has shared already some things, theyve demonstrated the kinds of questions they want to ask him including about meetings with third-parties that would not be subject to executive privilege under any circumstances. they point out that neither president b...

Committee as well, does his lawsuit against the committee and nancy pelosi and everybody else that he possibly can sue, does it even have a chance? >> i dont think so. i think its ultimately going to fail. and it may very well be that this was filed more politically than it was legally. and so, if and when it fails, it will give him some political cover to say to the president, look, i did everything i could to avoid testifying or producing these documents, and now im forced to do it. i think it...

Former white house chief of staff mark meadows should be prepared to face contempt of congress charges regardless of the lawsuit he filed overnight, which is trying to block the enforcement of his subpoena. >> congressman bennie thompson, who chairs the committee, says they plan to make a criminal contempt referral next week because meadows refused to show up for his scheduled deposition. when asked if he thought his lawsuit was a stall tactic, thompson replied flatly yes. amid all the back and ...

Insisting he sort of wants to engage with the committee or has been saying that. of course, he was only engaging in what appears to be now a stall tactic looking like he was cooperating, but his lawyer making clear, he wasnt going to share anything that touched on the presidents conversations or rather meadows conversations with the president. then he backed off the deposition. the third sirius, of course, is meadows writing a book in which hes revealing public forgive me very unpublic medical p...