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That may warrant a contempt proceeding against him. in terms of where we are, we have had a full schedule up until this point, we've got a full schedule from this point. i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. it is also, i think, very plain additional, and powerful evidence of obstruction of congress and its lawful function by the president that, yet again, and even after a court decision affirming the right of congress to proceed with this impeachment inquiry, the white hou...

Information. and the documents we've requested. with respect to attorney general barr, our subpoena asked him a couple months ago for the redacted portions of the mueller report and for underlying evidence. they refused to give it to us. we cited them for contempt. now we've gotten, as of yesterday, the day before yesterday. yesterday morning, actually. we have an agreement with the justice department that they will give us access to the redacted portions of the mueller report, except for the grand jury evidence. we will to go court to get grand jury evidence. and they have agreed to give us t...

This has never been litigated. we're in uncharted waters if the request is not complied with. so we'll see. >> mnuchin is not going to do it because he's asked. >> that will likely get into a contempt proceeding and legislation. >> democrats can hold him in contempt, mnuchin? >> perhaps. they can also issue subpoenas. there are other ways to go. remember, trump is out there saying i've been under audit two or three years. well,. he's provided no proof of the audit. >> you're the reporter, you're the expert on the law. does robert mueller have donald trump's tax returns? >> i don't think -- >> ...

>> that will likely get in a contempt proceeding and litigation. >> the democrats could hold m mnuchin in contempt? >> possibly. he's out there saying i've been under oddet for two or three years. he's provided no proof of the audit and he could provide tax returns prier to that period. >> you're the exexpert on the law. does robert mueller have donald trump's tax returns right now? >> that experience tells me there's really no doubt mueller has those. that's right. >> in fact the irs has been asked about this and they've -- not that they have but there would be a legitimate request special pr...

This? >> good morning, poppy. i was hoping that we would see a sincere effort to have witnesses answer questions. because mr. gowdy was trying to force peter strzok to answer questions but we say the same play out with steve bannon. but there was no interest to force a contempt proceeding on him. it shows the inconsistency. it shows that republicans are more interested not in the answers but using their questions to undermine bob mueller's probe and not interested in protecting our democracy. >> and you told anderson cooper last night, look, i wouldn't have peter strzok work for me. i would ha...