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Across the finish line and make 40 members walk the plank knowing she was sending them to their doom. it is very clear from the outside observing congressional behavior the speaker of the house does not want to impeach the president and you guys can do whatever you want to do but she's not going to pick a fight over it. >> first of all, we have moved contempt citations against william barr, the attorney general of the united states. i have a resolution to specifically disapprove and to reject every foreign government payment donald trump has pocketed since he came into office, and i am very ho...

Yet, vowing to push ahead with more investigations. >> my position has always been, whatever decision we make in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand, and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts. it's about congress, the constitution and the courts. and we are fighting the president in the courts. >> julie: chris wallace joins me now, anchor of fox news sunday. yesterday, wow. that was quite a show. what comes next after the mueller testimony? investigations, lawsuits and impeachment or all of the above? >> investigations, yes. lawsuits, yes. impeachm...

>> sure. he's certainly relishing it. it's dividing the opposition, is always good for the incumbent, but nancy pelosi is in a dilemma here. she has moderates in her caucus and they don't want to be back home and panning on this next year. she doesn't think it will help democrats next year in election so she's trying to hold off but she has this progressive wing that wants to go there. and that's her dilemma right now. but all of these subpoenas and contempt citations, this is ankle biting on the part of democrats. they won't really pull the trigger with impeachment, at least not yet, this is ...

Using russian disinformation to get an fbi investigation on your opponent? it's a fa fake outrage. i think we'll move on. paul: let's move on to contempt citations in congress. what do you make of all of this? is this something that is serious and going to blot some into a major showdown? >> well, i mean, it's a very serious tool that they're using. unfortunately, they're using it for very unserious purposes, which is politics. you want to reserve contempt for those moments when officials are refusing to give you information that congress legitimately has a right to see. the problem here is th...

Using russian disinformation to get an fbi investigation on your opponent? it's a fa fake outrage. i think we'll move on. paul: let's move on to contempt citations in congress. what do you make of all of this? is this something that is serious and going to blot some into a major showdown? >> well, i mean, it's a very serious tool that they're using. unfortunately, they're using it for very unserious purposes, which is politics. you want to reserve contempt for those moments when officials are refusing to give you information that congress legitimately has a right to see. the problem here is th...