Williamson declined to comment. this mountain of evidence provided to the committee by former white house chief of staff mark meadows despite his ongoing attempts to obstruct the january 6th investigation is where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. luke broad water is here, his buy line is on the new york times reporting we read from. ben rhodes is also here, former deputy national security advise or to president obama and former senator claire mccaskill joins us. luke, i start with you, and your reporting. tell me i think to someone who isn t in trump world and who suspect a lawyer it is confounding that some of the most devastating evidence about what has been turned over about what was the white house chief of staff was into, if you will is now approximate to face a criminal contempt of congress referral. what is at play. mr. terwilliger is not a newby.
Congress charges against jeffrey clarke, a former top justice department official for refusing to provide critical information to the committee while under subpoena. tonight president biden calling on americans to remain calm over the new coronavirus variant omicron, saying that while the variant is a cause for concern, it is not a reason for people to panic. and republican congresswoman lauren boebert doubling down on islamaphobic comments aimed at her democratic colleague congresswoman ilhan omar. ryan nobles is live on capitol hill for us this evening. ryan, good evening to you. my question is the january 6th select committee announcing they ll vote on another criminal contempt of congress referral, this time for former top doj official jeffrey clark. what can you tell us about that? reporter: yeah, don. this is a significant move by the january 6th select committee. this is the second time they ve moved or planned to move on a criminal contempt referral for someone they ve issued a subpoena for. and jeffrey clark, they view as a key cog in this investigation
From turning over documents from around january 6 to the house. now, he is claiming executive privilege but the current white house is saying that s not his call anymore since he is no longer the president of the united states. that as the january 6th committee is about to vote on a criminal contempt of congress referral for former doj official jeffrey clark. jeffrey clark stonewalled the committee showing up for an interview but refusing to answer questions. clark would be the second person to face contempt charges for defying the committee after steve bannon was indicted. bannon himself hoping to be the ring master of his own media circus trying to convince a judge in the to bar him from publicly sharing documents he receives from the doj before his trial. in the face of all that, the gop is just loading up the clown car of their never ending circus. almost makes you think they re trying to distract you from something. so like i said, the president of
National archives from turning over documents from around january 6th to the house. now, he is claiming executive privilege but the current white house is saying that s not his call anymore since he is no longer the president of the united states. that as the january 6th committee is about to vote on a criminal contempt of congress referral for former doj official jeffrey clark. jeffrey clark stone walled the committee showing up for an interview but refusing to answer questions. clark would be the second person to face contempt charges for defying the committee after steve bannon was indicted. bannon himself hoping to be the ring master of his own media circus trying to convince a judge in the to bar him from publicly sharing documents he vo receives from the doj before his trial. the gop is just loading up the clown car of their never ending circus. almost makes you think they re trying to distract you from something. so like i said, the president of
It announced it will vote on wednesday on a criminal contempt of congress referral for former d.o.j. official jeffrey clark. that could make him the second person after steve bannon to potentially face criminal charge force defying a congressional subpoena. committee members also say they expect to take up the same vote this week for former trump white house chief of staff mr. mark meadows. joining our conversation betsy woodruff swan, and miles and claire are still around. betsy, this would be to referrals for contempt of congress this week, jeffrey clark and mark meadows. we haven t heard confirmation from the official committee spokesperson about what the plans for the next couple days regarding meadows are. we know for sure clark is teed up to be referred over to the justice department for prosecution. i will believe the meadows referral will happen when it
Advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. for a closer look on what that might mean in concrete terms, we are joined by former republican congresswoman barbara comstock. and former deputy assistant attorney general. a criminal contempt referral, elliot. how exactly does that work? and presumably, right now, we are talking about steve bannon here who has flat-out refused to comply with everything. so what they would do is go straight to the full house of representatives and get congress to vote on a criminal referral to the justice department to essentially punish someone for violating or not complying with a subpoena. you know, what s left out in that bit of the quote there, john, is that they can also file a civil suit. in court in the district of columbia to essentially assert the legitimacy of this subpoena and they can do both of those things, at the same time. one of them is coercive, for of a better term. one of them is punitive and both of them would seek to get someone to comply and behave.
Advisor steve bannon with criminal contempt, while noting that other witnesses are cooperating, they say quote, mr. bannon has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former president. we will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock, and we will safely consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. new york time room ports bannon s attorney led saying he would not comply with a subpoena. the committee made no intention of former trump aide, stands convene oh in their statement. he held the title deputy chief of staff will basically running trump s social media. he was one of the original groups subpoenaed, and politico reports that he was served with his own just today. as the investigation into one six continues, the government has made public even more evidence of the brutality of the assault on our capital. nine months ago. we dramatic video, new to us,
Advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral. for a closer look on what that might mean in concrete terms, we are joined by former republican c congresswoman barbara comstock. and former deputy assistant attorney general. a criminal contempt referral, elliot. how exactly does that work? and presumably, right now, we are talking about steve bannon here who has flat-out refused to comply with everything. so what they would do is go straight to the full house of representatives and get congress to vote on a criminal referral to the justice department to essentially punish someone for violating or not complying with a subpoena. you know, what s left out in that bit of the quote there, john, is that they can also file a civil suit. and in court in the district of columbia to essentially assert the legitimacy of this subpoena and they can do both of those things, at the same time. one of them is coercive, for of a better term. one of them is punitive and both of them would seek to get someone to comply and behave. the criminal referral, elliot, though, after the house
Criminal contempt of congress referral. bannon is refusing to comply because of trump s claim that he can assert executive privilege to block steve bannon s testimony. a reminder, steve bannon did not work for then-president trump on january 6th. he s a podcast correspondent. betsy, good morning, you have new reporting out about a capitol police whistle-blower who is calling out two of their senior leaders for how they handled the january 6th attack. you write the whistle-blower accuses sean gallagher, the capitol police aking chief and pittman, assistant chief of police of deliberately deciding not to help officers on january 6th and pittman lied to congress about an intelligence report they received about the day s riot. could the committee be considering hearing from those capitol police officials named in the letter? that s right. we ve reviewed a 16-page
And biden said, no way. you deserve a full understanding of what led to an attack on the capitol on january 6th. president biden and the white house said it matters too much to sensor. but for trump this is not about the law. it s not about proper practice. it is about delay. delay by a man who s been working the legal system for half a century. the latest move, his lawyer warned four of his ex-aides not to comply with their subpoenas. and at least one listened. the january 6th panel put this out earlier. while mr. meadows and mr. patel are so far engaging with the select committee, mr. bannon has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former president. we will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock. and we will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of congress referral.