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Utrning. before went to the break he talks aboutot what you're goingh do about theou stonewalling. i should point out tennessee senator marsha blackburn asked merrick garland why he is stonewalling. and he denied it. i what is going to do if you w continue to get stonewalled?el l >> waie think we laid a lot of e groundwork pretty obvious accommodation process and send lots of letters before you evenr go to thoue compulsory of the subpoena process. se've been laying out there' more subpoenas are trying to lay it all out do we have to do to g get thatet information went to facts on the table and...

First, are you worried about the president -- precedent this sets? should those subpoenas be honored? >> well, it's ironic, isn't it? the individual like jim jordan who ignored a subpoena from congress itself when they were subpoenaing him is now up in flames and hair on fire about the justice department and other federal agencies honoring his subpoena. of course, there was no timeframe. and not only not just to negotiate with us as democrats. there was no discussion with the justice department about this is the information we need. this is what -- how can we get through do with that? that's w...

Plaskett saying let's slow down, let's pump the brakes here, watch. >> i have never seen anything like this. dozens and dozens of whistle blowers, fbi agents coming to us, talking about what's going on at the justice department. >> a rush to accusations and subpoenas without a factual basis and without any effort to engage with agencies through the accommodation process flies in the face of due process. >> i want to bring in nbc news congressional correspondent and jake sherman, punch bowl and msnbc contributor. julie, the subcommittee got its origins as a concession from speaker mccarthy to h...

I know mrs. smith had a visit from the f.b.i. last week. first amendment free speech is what we care about. this committee is about protecting the constitution and in particular the first amendment. >> the white house is signaling cooperation. counsel to the president wrote to jordan last week looking forward to engaging with you and your staff in good faith in the constitutionally mandated accommodation process. adding president biden is committed to insuring that teachers and other public servants can do their jobs free from violence, threats and intimidation. we've reached out to the nation...

A response saying, sure, mr. jordan, come on over and bring your friends and let's start looking under merrick garland's rug, short of that, you're going to get that kind of tweet from jim jordan and the republicans on the committee because that's just part of the political process playing out. this isn't really remarkable. >> other congresses have held attorney general barr in contempt, holder in contempt of congress for not cooperating with committees. can you put this refusal from garland doj into context? >> sure. i think this particular letter -- this is the start of the process of this n...