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Seeking? >> well, i think these four individuals are going to be in a very different position than prior investigations of trump officials. because, first of all, there will not be a basis for executive privilege because this was political activity, misuse of the office by donald trump, and all of their activities are involved in the political realm. but more importantly, there's no -- the former president cannot claim executive privilege. so even though donald trump has said he's going to claim privileges, he doesn't have any to claim. so i think they can quickly move to hold them in contempt...

Of unsatisfactory performance and conduct unbecoming. there are no recommendations for criminal action. they have referred the information to the d.c. u.s. attorney's office as well as department of justice to be used am their broader investigation here. and all of the hundreds of court ca cases that are are still ongoing. >> appears they're being deliberately nonspecific here. >> yes. >> about what the cases are. we know based on video evidence of some of the things officers were up to. >> we did. we reported in february that six officers had been suspended without pay, and two of them were s...

Judge brown jackson's ruling on november 25th, basically wanted an expedited appeal process with the d.c. u.s. court of appeals. they're now saying that we don't want you to rule, so as you said in your prologue here on your show, there's a little inconsistency in the department of justice's position. they have a tiny point, but it's overridden by the practice and procedures that they followed the last 150 years. >> and also, this, of course, comes against the backdrop of how republicans have been treating the court's involvement in all of this and repeatedly slammed democrats for attempting t...

Around anymore. the d.c. u.s. attorney is unlikely to pursue these matters. so they're really left with going to the courts and saying help us enforce our subpoenas. problem there is it just takes time. even judge moving very quickly is going to take at least a couple of weeks before ruling on this and then you might have an appeal. >> can i just press you on that. listen to what a democratic member of congress told us a few weeks ago. this is when yet another witness didn't show up. here is what he said should happen. >> i think that when the witnesses come and they simply refuse to answer qu...

People red. this was something that i think people can wrap their heads around. i also worked with michael atkins atkinson. we overlapped for ten years in the d.c. u.s. attorney's office. i can tell you, hess highly regarded as a thoughtful, circumspect, ethical prosecutor and a really adept investigator. that's why you see so many detailed footnotes in his report. i think, frances, at its core, why this may resonate in a way the mueller report didn't is because at its core, what we have is money that was allocated by congress to help ukraine defend itself against russian aggression in a way t...