no longer going to cooperate with the committee that sued them, he was engaging. he said he was willing to sit for an interview and he handed over 6,000 pages worth of documents. and in those documents we ve learned there are some communications related to what the president would be doing during the riot, and it really does offer a window into exactly what was happening inside the white house during that time. such a critical thing for the committee and the investigation. but, don, as committee members point out, what s strange here is that mark meadows has said he cannot show up because he does not believe that the committee will respect any executive privilege claims he may make. but clearly he turned over thousands of documents he does thought believe are privilege, and it s not clear according to the committee why he can t show up and at least answer questions about those and help provide context. again, no privilege claim there. typically how this works if you believe you have a
a alacrity. i was surprised by the lawsuit. i don t think it will do him any good. ryan nobles on capitol hill. reporter: there was a lot of news on the select committee. perhaps the most important and biggest news was bennie thompson did say the committee is prepared to move forward with the criminal contempt referral of the white house chief of staff mark meadows as soon as next week. now, this is despite the fact that meadows filed a lawsuit against the committee in d.c. district court on wednesday, seeking injunctive relief from the court to prevent him from having to turnover any information or records to the committee despite their subpoena request. now, meadows just a couple of days ago signalled he was willing to cooperate with the committee. he evenhanded over thousands of pages worth of documents. but something changed in the beginning of the week that forced him to change course and not show up for a deposition that was scheduled for
you know if nancy pelosi were to bring up the vote in the next couple days? if it s by itself, a stand-alone, absolutely i m 100% a no. there s no getting me to a yes. progressives have been clamoring to see text of the bill. pelosi just dropped the 2,400 pages worth. so bust out your reading glasses, jesse, old man. for when a vote happens, nancy pelosi is being crystal clear. are you holding a infrastructure vote today? have you made that decision? are you holding a infrastructure vote today? greg: a true leader. so jesse, there is a democrat victory in here. they have made it so americans so 1.75 as a small number? a bargain. greg: yeah. they began with $3 trillion,
the way it was used? joining us now is rhode island senator, member of the committee, sheldon whitehouse, he said it in some of the testimony used to builders report. i should tell you that senator whitehouse is also a former prosecutor, and served as u.s. attorney rhode island. he was also the states attorney general, uniquely qualified to comment on this matter. senator it s a pleasure to see you tonight. thanks for being. her thanks for having me on. so this is a lot of material. it s about a 50-page staff, reported several hundred pages worth of transcripts in, several hundred pages worth of exhibits. what do you think the public should understand is the most important thing that you and your colleagues have found this far? i think there s three really key takeaways from. this first it s a very simple one, and that s how deeply, personally involved, president trump, was in all of this. meetings, in phone calls, and contacts. oval office. he was neck deep in this personally. so
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