subpoenas for documents. if hicks and donaldson refuse to cooperate, what s going to happen? do you support holding them in contempt as well? look, wolf, we can ask about a lot of different people, but the fact of the matter is we have a constitutional responsibility to oversight. now we re also passing substantive legislation. we re going to pass the promise and dream act in just a few minutes. that s a very important piece of legislation, so we re doing both, but we re exercising our constitutional responsibility. that s not a question of hope hicks or something else or mcgahn, it is a question of this blanket refusal to respond to constitutionally authorized questions to the executive department and asking for witnesses and documents. a blanket refusal is a blanket refusal. it s a refusal to respond, and the constitution is put at risk under those circumstances. so it s not just a person that we talk about. hope hicks or mcgahn or somebody
testimony, for information regarding the operations of the executive department. i think it s i can t believe that there is another instance where there has been this broad a refusal to give information which is legitimately asked for by the representatives of the american people. so at this point in time, i would advise mr. nadler that we are not going to take any action to stop the vote this coming week. let me just be precise there. are you still also demanding that in addition to the full mueller unredacted report you also get all the underlying evidence? i want to talk to nadler about that, but i think the answer to that is yes, but it s not just the report. what you have is a blanket refusal directed by the president of the united states to not respond to questions and requests for testimony and documents from the congress of the united states. that s unacceptable under the constitution. it s unacceptable for
this month in the hearing when the attorney general, bill barr did not show up. now, nadler tonight saying in a statement that the attempts to block mcgahn from testifying shows that in his words president trump clearly does not want the american people to hear firsthand about his alleged misconduct so he has attempted to block mr. mcgahn from speaking in public tomorrow and nadler went on to say this is just the latest act of obstruction from the white house, parts of his blanket refusal, he says, to cooperate with the committee. in terms of what happens next after tomorrow s hearing with or without mcgahn, well, chairman nadler has been very clear, wolf, that he will very likely move to hold don mcgahn in contempt of congress like we saw with the attorney general. that, of course, likely setting up a big battle, a likely court bat toll compel his testimony in day as head. thank you. we may have to interrupt you. the president is leaving the white house. he s on his way to pennsylva