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Do it, he's got a different charge on his hands. >> exactly. you sit in contempt of court. you sit in jail with that contempt charge over your head. and there's honestly no limit to the amount of time they can stick you in jail for contempt. you can be weeks. >> wow. >> months. i think there's a case in pennsylvania where a guy's been in for years. >> that is absolutely incredible. and a current issue. john, thanks very much, john schuppe is an nbc news reporter. all right. coming up the acting dhs secretary took to capitol hill today asking lawmakers to sign off on a $4.45 billion republica...

Mueller report. this deal with the department of justice now means that the attorney general bill barr will avoid a contempt charge at least for now. let's jump to analysis. elie honig is with me, a former u.s. assistant attorney of new york and cnn analyst, and also corrin. elie, starting on you with mueller getting this key evidence, you say that it's a sensible deal for both sides. why? >> the department of justice avoids the important or at least postpones the possibility of bill barr, the attorney general, the head of the department of justice being held in contempt. and lately there's be...

Kelly o'donnell, thank you all. it's great to have you. former white house counsel don mcgahn is scheduled to appear before the house judiciary committee tomorrow or face a contempt charge. with less than a day remaining before that congressional appearance, lawmakers still have no cleue whether or not mcgahn, who sat for 30 hours with robert mueller's team will show up. joining me is ken. there will be an underlying meaning he doesn't olympian to come. what's your sense of the likelihood of this happening? >> i asked a good source not long ago on a scale of 0 to 5, he put it at a 1 or 2. i ...

Director for counter intelligence, the chief operating officer for ets risk management and a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst is joining me here in washington along with kimberly atkins. frank, let me start with you. what do you think of these terms? are they fair for both sides here? >> i think james comey has done the right thing. he's avoiding a possible contempt charge and actually calling their bluff. he's going to be able to come out if they hold true to their agreement, he'll discuss in detail a transcript of what transpired. he can go on and on and on. you may have him...

Indictments? >> well, keep in mind, if you're referring to hillary clinton, no there's not but it seems as if democrats don't want to go down that route. once they take control of the house of representatives, incoming chairman of the house judiciary committee does not want to pursue the same thing that republicans are pursuing right now, so it seems like a essentially, arthel, hillary would be in the clear once democrats retake control of the house. as it relates to the possibility of a contempt charge against james comey, if he does not comply with the subpoena, that's a process as well, wou...