the attorney general. after the criminal contempt vote congress must wait for a u.s. attorney who works for holder to move forward with this citation as a criminal matter or they can appoint a special prosecutor or since they also voted in favor of a civil contempt charge they can leave it up to a court to decide if the president s assertion of executive privilege was valid. patti ann and ainsley, back to you. border patrol agent brian terry s mother appeared on the o reilly factor and responded to the contempt vote. i think what happened today was rather very good and i was happy about it. i think it was a step forward to justice for my son. the criminal con tem the vote 17 ended up voting with the republicans. we had a number walk out. many democrats left without cast ago vote for criminal contempt.