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Inherent contempt power. remember, all this is bouncing through garland from the committee because garland won't use the biggest tool in his shed, which is the fbi. these people are not denying fbi subpoenas because if you deny an fbi subpoena, you sit in jail while they sort it out. but merrick garland has not sicked the fbi on them. >> that's fair and it goes to whether they view the january 6th case as a trespassing case with a couple of proud boys or whether they view it as a coordinated plan to be investigated, not to be prejudged, that may have reached political elites in the republican ...

Congress may switch from the democrats leading this investigation to republicans who would want to stone wall it. >> i am absolutely concerned. which is why i have legislation that will allow the house of representatives to execute inherent contempt power. it's a power the supreme court has upheld. we can use it to find witnesses or put them in confinement. it's time we use that because right now, the trial for steve bannon for example was not set until august. for mark meadows, probably further. and when he can delay enforcement subpoenas that long and render them meaningless. i highly urge t...

Suspect they'll evaluate this in less than 22 days and find that mark meadows should be prosecuted for criminal contempt. as you say, there are a couple other options available. congress could try and enforce the subpoena on its own with its inherent contempt power. that's, again, something that it hasn't used in a long, long time, but it does have that available. and indeed, the justice department can try or congress can try to enforce the subpoena in federal court civilly, say, look, we're going to leave criminal sanctions for another day. we're not sure we're going to do there but right now...

Tonight is congressman eric swalwell, and congressman liu, served as house impeachment managers in the second impeachment trial of donald trump. congressman liu, let me again with you, and i fear now that the federal judiciary is being played this this game. giving steve bannon a july 18th trial date for a trial that should take an hour. there is nothing to that trial. did you get the subpoena, yes, i did. did you show up, no, i didn't. the judiciary is playing the trump lawyers game, delay game with them. >> thank you, lawrence, for your question. i agree with you, which is why i believe we n...

Nan subpoenas or put them in confinement. i have legislation on that, and i know people are starting to take seriously this inherent contempt power. i think that's how we can get around the delays from the federal judiciary. >> congressman swalwell, there has been talk including at the supreme court itself about the perceived legitimacy of the supreme court were it to overturn itself by overturning roe v. wade. there has been no discussion about the perceived legitimacy of the federal district court in washington, d.c. and the circuit court of appeals in washington, d.c. and this system that s...