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Morning and that was not likely to happen. now, of course, we have confirmation that it's not going to. but there are a few parts of this letter that we just got in that really struck me. i'll start at the end, because that's where this goes next. in this letter, it says that the select committee is left with no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend that the body in which mr. meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution. this is something that they seemed prepared to do several days ago. at that point, though, they pressed pause again, because meadows said he was g...

Jennifer, i want to start with you. what is your take on the fact that steve bannon and others are refusing to actually be called forward and actually talk about the subpoena? they don't want to present themselves. >> we will see what steve bannon does. i don't think this committee will put up with his nonsense. there's no basis for executive privilege. he wasn't a white house employee. ex-presidents don't get to invoke executive privilege. he is out on both counts. i don't think the committee is going to stand for this. i think they will seek a contempt proceeding. we will see if he wants to ...

You issue a subpoena and you're trying to get documents. one technique you can use is try to talk to a document customer owed ya -- custodian. they used to have document status hearings, where you would try to get the lay of the land they're supposed to be directly responsible serving interests. you can saber rattle, about holding somebody in contempt often times witnesses who are reluctant to cooperate and come forward when you attach a contempt proceeding or a perspective contempt proceeding to their name, a lot of times that changes the outcome and with a contempt proceeding, you have a cou...

Proceedings. sometimes the threat of a contempt proceeding gets you a different result. sometimes the witnesses choose to appear when contempt is on the table. democrats even withdrew a subpoena to one witness who asked the federal court to resolve conflicting orders from congress and the executive. either because the democrats did not want to wait for the court to rule or they didn't like the presiding judge, judge leon. instead, democrats made their demands and refused to budge. democrats told witnesses at the outset that their refusal to cooperate in full would be used against them and the ...

You issue a subpoena. you are trying to get documents. one technique you can use it talk to a document custodian about what documents exist. chairman chaff his document production status hearings. you would bring in officials to get the lay of the land. they are supposed to be directly responsible. you can sabre rattle about holding somebody in contempt. oftentimes, witnesses who are reluctant to cooperate and come forward, when you attach a contempt proceeding to their name, a lot of times that changes the outcome. with a contempt proceeding you