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The tool judges use to punish people if they defy a court's order. here, donald trump was ordered by the court to produce documents to the new york state attorney general. he did not do so. we'll see the specifics in that order soon. trump now has three options. first of all, he can pay. it's going to get expensive. $10,000 per day, and this is not optional. trump has a long history of not paying his bills. here, he has to pay for as long as the order is in effect. if he does not, the judge has the option of sending him to jail. not likely, but that is potentially in play. second, he can compl...

Talk about where this goes, kyle, and your reporting on this. >> this is deja vu again. when the house tried to get president trump's financial records while he was in office, that's exactly the same kind of argument that they put forward, that there was no legislative merit, that there has to be a legitimate purpose for the inquiry. they are trying to do law enforcement when they shouldn't be, and i think, you know, the committee has -- has pretty steadily answered all of those by laying out clearly what they are investigate and yrkts and what's different now is sprump a former president and ...

Privilege $2. >> when will that be? >> the next several weeks. >> greta: what do republicans hope the lawsuit will accomplish? congressman gowdy joins us. you'll go to federal court, essentially sue on the civil contempt that the house of representatives has voted on. i'm curious, all the time people march contempt orders down to the court. what's the delay? it's only about three blocks. >> i haven't fully given up on criminal contempt. i know that sounds naive, but the department of just said they're not going to pursue it. there's still a flicker of light remaining unextinguished.

Privilege $2. >> when will that be? >> the next several weeks. >> greta: what do republicans hope the lawsuit will accomplish? congressman gowdy joins us. you'll go to federal court, essentially sue on the civil contempt that the house of representatives has voted on. i'm curious, all the time people march contempt orders down to the court. what's the delay? it's only about three blocks. >> i haven't fully given up on criminal contempt. i know that sounds naive, but the department of just said they're not going to pursue it. there's still a flicker of light remaining unextinguished.