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the least of their worries there. is no guarantee hunter will comply with a house subpoena anyways. today the house professor, jonathan turley nailed it with a piece to law makers this is what he said. the response from hunter should be short and simple. toying with congress may have recreational and political appeal, but it has hrao*el costs. hunter maybe the press' son. he doesn't get a mulligan on contempt. on a joint statement it was said they w will allow hunter to comy with the original subpoena. in the meantime the house will proceed with the contempt resolution. for most americans there are no legal mull tkpwapbz. if you try to defraud the federal government for years and not pay taxes, guess what you don't get a do over when you get caught. if you lie on a gun application
before the january 6th committee and other committees on capitol hill, steve bannon, peter navarro, former trump administration officials, they were prosecuted. what will happen here once they hold hunter biden in contempt of congress, will they in fact send that to the justice department and what would the ruling be then? he is, in fact, out of compliance with that subpoena. if they don't decide to prosecute the president's son, republicans and former president trump will say look, this is two tiers of justice because this is not -- this is the president's son and you are electing not to prosecute him. other situations where they've held other officials in contempt of congress, eric holder, the attorney general under the obama administration and they did not prosecute those places. it was a democratic justice department. this will be diceier here. you have somebody who is clearly out of compliance for a house
of decay after four years in the grave. sandra, john. >> john: pretty remarkable story. lauren, thank you so much. that brings us to the close of yet another busy day, but tomorrow we'll be talking about the aftermath of the vote tonight. >> sandra: i don't know how it goes by so fast. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. trace is in for martha. >> good afternoon. i'm trace gallagher in for mark mark. breaking new developmentses between republicans and fbi districter chris wray over a document that may allege then vice president biden engaged in a criminal scheme. james comey defending wray's decision to defy a house subpoena around the document calling him a person of principle. he responded to republican accusations that the fbi is politically motivated. look. >> i think it's largely because
sending his former chief of staff, former advisor, marc short, former outside counsel craig jacob's to testified to that january 6th committee, which is that, all of it is under oath. a book is not under oath. it's like the rest of the trump era administration looks so it's some of which are still coming out. he cannot avoid it, and i will tell you this, the subpoena, really, you can shirk a house subpoena and, you can run out the clock, and hope that the chamber flips. >> tommy, you are talking a purely legal teams, which i appreciate, but i think we both know that there is a political calculus going on here. as you have pence looking towards 2024, talk to me about the extent that you think it is weighing on his decision-making. >> well, he is hedging so much
it's not under oath, it's like the rest of the trump era administration looks so it's still coming out. he cannot avoid it. i will tell you, this subpoena, really, you can shirk a house subpoena and, you can run out the clock, and hope that the chamber flips. >> tommy, you are talking a purely legal teams, which i appreciate, but i think we both know that there is a political calculus going on here. especially if you have pence going towards 2024. talk to me to the extent that it is weighing in the decision-making. >> well, he is hedging so much on this. in the last few years, we have to talk for the last 11 years, talking with his folks. but, in the last two years in particular about this issue with him.
perfect. the parade got started earlier because there are so many balloons this year. so there's more excitement. and again it's going to last for the next couple hours. we'll be here. >> that's boss baby, by the way, brynn. just so you know. i've seen that movie about 6,000 times with my kids. >> boss baby, thank you. coming up next, justice department asking former vice president mike pence to testify in its criminal investigation into january 6th. why this might be different than the house subpoena that he is avoiding. former president trump waking up to yet another lawsuit, this from a woman who has accused him of sexual assault. details on the new state law that made this suit possible. seven michigan state football players now facing charges after a fight with michigan players in a stadium tunnel. what we're hearing from their attorneys and also from the universities. on the fluffiest french toast with red currants on top
turning to the criminal federal justice department probe into the coup conspiracy and how it's getting closer to trump and his top aide. the white house counsel -- so much of those hearings. now, the subpoena by the grand jury investigating all of this. a big deal. everything up to this point -- didn't mean that he was inside a criminal investigation. the highest ranking white house official known to a been called to testify by the feds. this is a significant escalation who they are trying to talk to. we all saw some of the -- when he was finally -- in a house subpoena to talk. he has reportedly spent eight hours behind closed doors.
ordinary subordinates were willing to testify. >> meanwhile the house investigators are one step closer to obtaining call logs from this man, john eastman. the right wing lawyer who led efforts to persuade states to overturn trump's election loss has dropped his legal challenge to a house subpoena. investigators are seeking three months of his call log data, but not the contents of those calls. eastman is one of many with ties to the former president who has been tangled up with the house committee over legal issues. be sure to stick around later this hour, we'll have much more on the january 6 investigation including how former national security adviser michael flynn pleaded the fifth even perhaps to obvious questions. nato leaders have been arriving for a critical summit in spain. today's talks will kick off soon and the russian war in ukraine
film several rallies in washington d. c., on december 11th, december the 12. and i learn that there would be a rally on the -- on january 6th. so my three colleagues and i came down to document the rally. according to the permits of the event, it was going to be a rally at the ellipse. we arrived at the mall and observed a large contingent of proud boys was marching towards the capitol. we filmed them and almost mellow up right for my colleagues. i documented the crowd turned from protesters, to rioters, to insurrectionists. i was surprised at the size of the group, the anger in the profanity. and, for anyone who didn't understand how violent that event was, i saw it, i documented it and i experienced it. i heard incredibly aggressive chanting, and i shared subsequently shared the footage with the authorities. i'm here today pursuant to a house subpoena.