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Committee seeking information that could determine whether they will make a criminal referral to the justice department. trump's lawyers are giving karen thomas so the committee is trying to establish a criminal complaint against trump. something they argue, like legitimate legislative purposes, and should be. blocked today, the january 6th select committee come on -- responded in acknowledging the investigation does have legislative attempt, quote the records couldn't form numerous piece of potential legislation. and it has the legal consequences for refusal by the executive branch to timely ...

Trump's lawyers argued is as a former president, he could have interest in asserting executive privilege. the judge jumped right in and said, and i quote, isn't the person best able to determine executive privilege the executive? and trump's lawyer said, well, he was the executive, essentially, and then the judge came back and said, these are not two equal parties here. the current president, really, takes precedent and trumps, no pun intended, the prior president. the other main argument was this idea that the committee does not have a legitimate legislative intent, meaning, they can't just i...

How influential might that be? >> as a texan and a journalist, this is fascinating. where dan patrick the lieutenant governor spoke to a texas newspaper on friday and endorsed expanding these background checks, specifically though for private sales between strangers here. he said that would not apply, this potential legislation would not apply for any private gun sales that happened between family and friends. but still, you're talking about a republican here who has been a strong proponent of gun rights and has not responded to repeated requests for comment. i want to read a portion of his st...

More than 80% of republicans agree. more than 80% of gun owners agree. think about that. how often do 90% of americans agree on anything? [laughter] >> it never happens. many other reforms are supported by clear majorities of americans. and i ask every american to find out where your member of congress stand on these ideas. if they are not part of that 90% who agree that we should make it harder for a criminal or somebody with a severe mental illness to buy a gun, then you should ask them, why not? why are you part of the 10 per? jenna: the president talking about different aspects of potentia...