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Cancel changes and kind of according to congressional experts we have spoken to, even if committee were to make a referral now, come january 3rd at the next congress, republicans can vote to basically rescind that referral. if you are seen that referral, will that is the end of that contempt measure. and so i think the committee thought long and hard about this not maybe the best option is to do this internally. this is the way the congress operates, the house likes to have jurisdiction over its own members and so the house ethics committee was seen as the best venue to hold these members acco...

Developing in the nation's capital just hours from now, the january 6th committee is set to vote on contempt of congress charges for two former aides to president trump. the select committee says former trade adviser peter navarro and former deputy chief of staff dan scavino have defied subpoenas. navarro responded last month with a statement indicating he would not comply with the summons. if the committee aproves the contempt measure, the full house votes on whether to make a formal referral to the justice department. prosecutors in the u.s. attorney's office would then decide whether to fil...

Implicated in what we were investigating. and so was not going to enforce a contempt against witnesses who were recalcitrant. hopefully that has changed but time will tell. we'll do everything we can. we'll use the tools that we have. those who refuse to testify, the public will likely draw an adverse inference. we hope to get as much of this evidence in the public realm as we possibly can. >> just to be clear, so our viewers understand what i think you're saying here is that the justice department would enforce whatever contempt measures -- it would take the justice department now led by merr...

and may have big-footed congress. kate bolduan is on the case. we heard it moments ago. the white house asserting executive privilege. >> reporter: it is the latest twist in this ongoing battle that is coming to his -- leading up to this showdown vote, this contempt vote, that the republican chairman of the house oversight committee, congressman darrell issa, has been threatening. he says he had a subpoena for documents relating you of the department of justice relating to this botched gun-running operation known as fast and furious. he wants these documents and the department of jus...