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That were committed. liz cheney was very precise, clearly channeling a decision of a trump appointee, judge dab any friedrick from last week. she essentially quoted from 18 u.s. code section 1512 which makes it a federal crime for anyone corruptly to obstruct or impede, whether by action or inaction an official proceeding, and she held, dabney friedrick held in a prosecution brought by the justice department against some foot soldiers that an official proceeding includes what congress has to do when it counts the electoral votes on january 6. that's one of many federal crimes that are involved...

Non-privileged, they are texts that mr. meadows has turned over and they are evidence of president trump's supreme dereliction of duty for 187 minutes and mr. meadows testimony will bear on another fundamental question before this committee and that is whether donald j. trump through action or inaction corruptly sought to obstruct or impede congress' official proceeding to count electoral votes. >> what she's saying there corruptly sought to obstruct or impede an official proceeding, she now repeated that a few times. she's referencing a criminal statute. >> section 1512 don, yes. this is a st...

The mob. hours passed despite this without any action by the president. >> joyce vance, i want to bring you in. i want to read the analysis of the specific language liz cheney is using. quote a casual observer might have missed it but what cheney was doing here was pointing to a specific criminal statute, a felony. 18 u.s. code 1512, she suggests donald trump might have violated. cheney's comment matches the language of the statute. it sats, whoever object trukts influences or impedes any official proceeding should be fined or imprisoned. that official proceeding is including a proceeding befo...

President trump's supreme dereliction of duty for 187 minutes and mr. meadows testimony will bear on another fundamental question before this committee and that is whether donald j. trump through action or inaction, corruptly sought to obstruct or impede congress' official proceeding to count electoral votes. >> what she's saying there corruptly sought to obstruct or impede an official proceeding, she's now repeated that a few times. she's referencing a criminal statute. >> 19 usc, section 1512, don, yes. this is a statute that the justice department has used or attempted to use with a number ...

Because she sent not a message. she simply signalled that she expects that the january 6th committee will send a criminal referral on the former president of the united states to the justice department at the end of these proceedings. right now, we are talking about contempt charges with witnesses who are refusing to testify. liz cheney indicated she believes they will have evidence to make this referral asking d.o.j. to prosecute the former president. 1512 is an obstruction statute. charlottely, the evidence she is talking about might be suggestive of a conspiracy to interfere with the vote c...