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That he knew it was wrong to try and pursue a contempt proceeding against peter strzok but not mr. bannon. so many other trump administration witnesses who refused to tell us anything. by the way, lawrence, we have now seen peter strzok and james comey come before congress. they raise their right hands. they went under oath and told us what they knew about the russia investigation. the president continues to criticize them. however, what distinguishes them from him is that the president is unwilling to raise his right hand for special council. so it is his move. >> we're going to be joined in ...

That he knew it was wrong to try and pursue a contempt proceeding against peter strzok but not mr. bannon. so many other trump administration witnesses who refused to tell us anything. by the way, lawrence, we have now seen peter strzok and james comey come before congress. they raise their right hands. they went under oath and told us what they knew about the russia investigation. the president continues to criticize them. however, what distinguishes them from him is that the president is unwilling to raise his right hand for special council. so it is his move. >> we're going to be joined in ...

He's passed and the other is the subpoena to go in that he vows to defy, they would file a contempt proceeding at what point? >> lawyers typically try to work things out. if a witness says i don't have enough team to go through time e-mails, you can ask for more time. i've heard a lot of reasons. i've heard unreasonable, i don't want to incriminate my mentor, roger stone, which would not be an appropriate the use of the fifth amendment right not to incrim the na incrim na incri incriminate yourself. the one example that comes to mind is susan mcdougal. she was held in contempt and

What he said in the statement through his lawyers, he may have some legitimate concerns as to whether or not he's going to incriminate himself and he has an absolute right not to do that. anything that is a link in the chain that could lead to incriminating him, he can protect himself by at fifth amendment right. and he could say to them i'll talk but i want immunity like he's already said or he can sit back in response to a contempt proceeding and say i cannot say a word because i have a fifth amendment right that does, in fact, override a contempt authority from congress. >> and it also demo...

Consistent with the u.s. supreme court's holding in oeberg fall and this court's order for these reasons the courts prior contempt sanction against defendant davis is hereby lifted. it does say she shall not interfere with her deputies who are issuing marriage certificates. if she does interfere, what happens next? >> she could be held in contempt again because the judge, quite properly, has been focused simply on the end results which are same-sex couples being allowed to be married in this county? if the answer is yes then there is no reason to hold her in contempt but if she comes out of ja...