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Criminal negligence several times. i think the d.a. said something else really interesting. she said this is a complex case and every detail is going to matter, because it's important to note there is no book on this kind of scenario. it doesn't happen that often in contrast to something like a car accident where you might be looking at an involuntary manslaughter charge. there is a standard checklist. was the person drunk? was the person speeding? was the person texting? this is an on-set shooting with what appeared to be apparently a live firearm. there is no standard case on this. so how do...

In contempt for defying their subpoena. with me is cnn legal analyst eli honig. >> on tuesday the committee is going to vote to hold steve bannon in contempt. then it has to go to the full house, which will vote to hold them in contempt. and then it goes to doj. this specific charge has not been brought since 1983. doj since then has passed on prosecuting this several times. now, we're in unprecedented territory here for sure. will merrick garland break from past president and charge this crime? i don't see how he can't sitting there as the attorney general. there is a flag rant violation

It tells me they are focused right on the white house and former president trump's inner circle. there was a real memorable moment if you report first time the committee held hearings when you heard testimony from four different police officers and one of the police officers daniel hodges said essentially to the committee we can testify about what happened on the ground that day january 6th but we need you, the commit, to look to see if anyone in power knew anything about, this was behind any of this, supported this, and i think that's exactly where the committee is looking right now. >> melan...

Not there's a different kind of contempt that can be sought but that's so time-consuming, an ana. we've seen -- in the case of don mcgawn it took two years. way more time than the committee has. they need to move quickly and go down both of those avenues. >> how can it be done more quickly? >> first of all, they can get into court very quickly. took jerry nadler four months to go to court on don mcgawn. second of all, if you're arguing this case you have to stress to the judge we need expedited review and some of the responsibility falls on judges as well. judges control their own dockets. jud...

To overturn the election results. he reportedly pressured the doj to investigate false claims of voter fraud so the committee will want to know exactly whether he was working at trump's request and what he was doing. the subpoena was sent to the deputy chief of staff as well as steve bannon, a trump veras and had the president's ear and was -- and he also said on january 5th all hell is going to break lose and kash patel, acting chief of staff to the vice president at the time and the committee is looking into the pentagon response as the riots one folding and what sort of communication they w...