steve bannon. it s about showing congress can follow through and do its job. walk me through what we expect to see with this contempt vote later this afternoon. what kenz ger said there is the same thing his fellow republican liz cheney has said throughout this process really trying to speak to republicans and her fellow conservatives appealing to her better angels and trying to unlink the hold that former president donald trump still has over the bulk of his party. while we do expect to see, in kinzinger s words, that a handful of republicans may join the vote and send it over to doj, that s not even a small part of the republican party. the majority still stands in the former president s corner as he continues to tell the big lie about the 2020 election, which of course fed into the events here on january 6th. what we do expect, though, you said this vote could come in about an hour. that s an optimistic timeline. what we re watching to see here
and i yield back. gentle lady from wyoming. i yield three minutes to mr. raskin. the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. i thank the gentle lady from wyoming and thank you, madam speaker. today donald trump said the insurrection took place on november 3rd. no, mr. trump, i m sorry. that s what we call an election in america, an election that was validated by more than 60 federal and state courts, including before eight judges nominated to the bench by president trump himself and all the way up to the united states supreme court, all of them rejecting every claim of electoral fraud and corruption that was advanced. we know an insurrection when we see one in this body because we lived through one. under the banner of this continuing and deranged big lie, the stop the steal movement brought down a violent insurrection against this congress, an attempted coup
what they were doing at various points in the administration. this is an attempt now by referring it over to doj at trying to compel people to testify in front of congress when they are asked to do so. it s an important precedent to set not just in this small scenario but in the larger scope of washington and the precedents that are set between congress and the white house. and pete, democrats are hoping that this justice department led by attorney general merrick garland, who was on the hill earlier today, will be more inclined to work with them on pushing forward with this contempt, making it a criminal case here. here s what merrick garland had to say when he was asked about this by the judiciary committee earlier today. the house of representatives votes for referral of a contempt charge, the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. we ll apply the facts in the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution.
house. along also washington post congressional policy reporter tony ra. he s also an msnbc contributor. and we ve got jonathan cod who is a senior adviser to joe manchin and understands his mind better than anyone in d.c. the white house is running points on all this right now. what do they see as the biggest obstacle to wrapping up these talks right now? it s definitely a question of timing right now. that s something they are keenly aware of and worried about. for days and weeks they re saying they re not working on the artificial self-imposed deadline. but of course we know there s increasing pressure given the fact the president is supposed to be leaving from europe a week from today, not to mention heading to a major un climate summit where he hoped to tout progress on that particular part of the bill that is now in peril. or we just don t know how much money is ultimately going to be dedicated to that and whatever
u.s. senate in the most sweeping bipartisan senate presidential conviction vote in american history, trump now tries to get his followers like steve bannon not to testify here and not to turn over evidence that they have about this vicious assault on american democracy. in america when you are subpoenaed to testify in court or in congress, you show up. period. you can invoke your fifth amendment privilege against self-incrimination to specific questions if you think you committed a crime. you can claim executive privilege to specific questions if you think you re president of the united states. but you cannot blow off a subpoena in america. you cannot sit on your couch and defy the people s representatives in congress. so, we must enforce the rule of law here, my colleagues. we must do it. if you act deliberately with sneering, cavalier contempt for the american people and their representatives, we will hold you in contempt.