Transcripts for CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper 20211222 22:22

CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper December 22, 2021 22:22:00

how to overturn the election. this is a person who obviously has a dog in the fight. it's in his political interests and probably in his personal interests to fight this. and so, you know, that's what i would expect him to do. >> elie, you say this move was long overdue. how aggressively do you think the committee will have to be to pursue jim jordan to make up for that lost time? >> this is not going to be an easy fight for the committee. assuming jim jordan stone wwall them, the committee will have to issue a subpoena. jim jordan will have three options. one, he can comply, seems unlikely. two, he can take the fifth. if he believes he may have some criminal exposure, he can invoke the fifth. that's very unlikely from a sitting member of congress. three, he can defy the committee. if that happens then the question for the committee is do you have the political will, the political backbone to hold him in contempt and to send him over to the justice department for

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