significant. jeffrey clark, the former justice department official who was pushing trump s big lie, he met with the committee for nearly two hours. tell us more about what happened at that meeting. reporter: this is a perfect example of how you can get a witness to come and sit before the committee but it doesn t mean you re going to get any information. a source tells cnn that clark made good on his promise to invoke the fifth amendment, invoking it over 100 times during this interview. this source says that accounted for most of the questions that he was asked. now, as you noted, his interview lasted for nearly two hours, but most of the key witnesses, their interviews in this investigation have lasted for close to six to eight. will there be consequences at this point is unclear if the committee will move ahead with a criminal contempt referral to the justice department. all right, paula reid, thanks so much. abby, i want to start with the u.s. specialorces raid in syria earli
this doesn t really come as a surprise. clark has been facing a criminal contempt referral by the committee. and right before they were set to vote on it by the entire house, he informed them that he was planning to plead the fifth. the question now is how does the committee handle that criminal contempt referral. representative zoe lofgren who is a member of the committee earlier today on cnn suggested that perhaps they offer him an immunity deal that says any questions he answers in front of the january 6 committee could then not be used against him in a criminal prosecution, which would essentially negate the ability to take the fifth. that s just one option on the table. but at this point, anderson, they re getting no answers from clark, who they consider to be an important witness in this investigation. what about the former aides to mike pence who talked. both marc short, who is the former chief of staff to vice president mike pence and greg jacob who is his chief counsel, bo
surprise. clark has been facing a criminal contempt referral by the committee. and right before they were set to vote on it by the entire house, he informed them that he was planning to plead the fifth. the question now is how does the committee handle that criminal contempt referral. representative zoe lofgren suggested they offer him an immunity deal, suggesting any question he answers could then be not used against him in a criminal investigation. that s just one option on the table. but at this point, anderson, they re getting no answers from clark, who they consider to be an important witness in this investigation. what about the former aides to mike pence who talked. mark swartz and greg jacob both met with the committee between six and eight hours. unlike the lack of cooperation they re getting from jeffrey clark, it seems to be that the
with the justice department, which still has not acted on the house s criminal contempt referral against former trump white house chief of staff mark meadows. now the full house will vote on the committee s recommendation to refer two more top trump advisers who are refusing to cooperate to the justice department for possible prosecution. they are dan scavino and peter navarro. the department of justice has a duty to act on this referral and others we have sent. without enforcement of congressional subpoenas, there is no oversight, and without oversight, no accountability, not for the former president or any other president, past, present, or future. reporter: also on monday, a federal judge in california writing that trump more likely than not committed a crime when he and conservative attorney john eastman tried to block congress from counting votes on january 6th. the 44-page opinion in a case over the committee s subpoena for eastman s emails reads like a legal memo to garland
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