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Question is, will they provide stuff to give testimony? i still know the answer to that. the fact that they're coming at all is somewhat of a win for the committee to get them in the door. you know, i expected that to happen before these hearings take place. >> what's this thing we're learning that the committee might also bring in senators that they haven't before, whether they talking about who could that be? >> sure, well, they haven't told us yet, our assumption is there talking about people like ted cruz and josh hawley who are the lead organization of challenging the election results on ...

>> did not take a question from her. posed one there. the sheriff is now backing off of his investigation of the reporter because there was so much backlash. and joining us now is that reporter for the "l.a. times," alene with us now. we should note the l.a. sheriff's office did decline multiple interview requests with us, we did ask them. this is a complicated story. but that's the whole point, is that you've done a tremendous body of work here, and it appears that the sheriff's office was then targeting you in response in this criminal leak investigation. explain to us what happened at this ...

Could be these legal issues and enforcing one against a member of congress. well, it's not without precedent for a congressional panel to subpoena another member, we see the ethics committee do that in this investigation. something like this, there's a real possibility ends up in court, the thing, is is that the professional democrats can take other steps to enforce their interview requests. they can try to dock members pay, for example, that's the step they haven't taken yet. partly -- there's a concern that the issues on the other foot, when republicans take control and start their own inves...

Though. the committee presumably wants to move fast and have their report out before the election in november while they still have the authority to convene this investigation before the republicans likely take over. is the expectation that any subpoena would just end up with a protracted court battle and might not force a court appearance? >> yes. the problem with the subpoenas is that as the committee has talked about before there could be these legal i issues and forcing one against the member of congress. it's not without precedent for a congressional panel to subpoena another member. we h...

>> yes, the problem with the subpoenas, is as the committee is talked about before, there could be these legal issues and enforcing one against a member of congress. well, it's not without precedent for a congressional panel to subpoena another member, we see the ethics committee do that in this investigation. something like this, there's a real possibility ends up in court, the thing, is is that the professional democrats can take other steps to enforce their interview requests. they can try to dock members pay, for example, that's the step they haven't taken yet. partly -- there's a concern ...