attack on the u.s. capitol might be taking. former president trump could be referred to the justice department for criminal prosecution by the committee probing the attack. this is according to committee chair bennie thompson who told the washington post that trump s delayed response to the attack represents a, quote, deer dereliction of duty. the former president has appealed to the high court to block the release of white house records from the national archives. the committee is asking the supreme court to weigh in on trump s request by mid-january. and new reporting reveals that the current trump spokesperson who was cooperating is now suing the panel to block it from getting his financial records. for more, we re joer edjoined b surkan. no shortage of up at a times. yeah, congress is out but the committee has not slowed down
that s been investigating that along a number of different lines. it comes as his white house chief of staff is being referred to the justice department for criminal prosecution in conjunction with what we now know is a great guns investigation that is openly talking about trump in relation to at least one serious federal felony charge that brings with it a five-year prison term. yeah, how was your tuesday? here s the thing, though. it s worth widening the lens a little bit i think particularly when a whole bunch of stuff happens at once. what are the implications of this, not just for the individuals involved, for personal accountability, what are the implications for us, for the country? we ve got georgia u.s. senator the reverend raphael warnock joining us live tonight in just a couple of minutes. and the reason he is joining us is because as this january 6th investigation turns to the bigger picture, right? not just the immediate violent acts in the capitol that day but the plot th
day already for individual one. already for individual one right? with his longtime accountant and his longtime bank or both involved in the criminal prosecution of his the ongoing criminal prosecution and investigation of him and his company in new york. and adverse root against him in terms of handing over his tax returns to the ways and means committee that has been investigating that along a number of different lines. it comes as his white house chief of staff is being referred to the justice department for criminal prosecution in conjunction with what we now know is a great guns investigation. that is openly talking about trump in relation to at least one serious federal family charge that brings with it a five year prison term. how was your tuesday? here s the thing though. it s worth widening the lanes a little bit, i think, on nights like this. particularly when a whole bunch of things happen at once. what are the implications of this? not just for individuals involved, for p
day already for individual one. right? with his long-time accountant and his long-time banker both involved in the criminal prosecution of his the ongoing criminal prosecution and investigation of him and his company in new york, an adverse ruling against him in terms of handing over his tax returns to the ways and means committee that s been investigating that along a number of different lines.nu it comes as his white house chief of staff is being referred to the justice department for criminal prosecution in conjunction with what we now know is a great guns investigation that is openly talking about trump in relation to at least one serious federal felony charge that brings with it a five-year prison term. yeah, how was your tuesday? here s the thing, though. it s worth widening the lens a little bit i think particularly when a whole bunch of stuff happens at once. what are the implications of this, not just for the individuals involved, for personal accountability, what ea are the
chance. take us through that. the january 6th select committee voted 9 -0 unanimously to approve a contempt report referring jeffrey clark to the justice department for criminal prosecution for defiance of a subpoena. just before that happened, just before that meeting was scheduled to take place, the chairman said he had heard from clark s lawyer that clark is willing to appear again for a deposition. that is expected to happen this saturday. it s unclear whether he wants to cooperate or whether he wants to find a new legal path to try to stone wall his previous claims of executive privilege alerted by the former president were rejected by the committee. nevertheless, the committee is willing to give jeffrey clark one more chance to appear on saturday and to see if he can resolve this subpoena. if he can ultimately comply with this subpoena and they re holding off on moving that contempt report through the whole house of representatives. if they do that, it could happen next week. t