her? that s what we litigators call a bad draw if you re on the trump team. i think she s something, given that she takes this seriously, frankly, it shouldn t be a partisan issue. it should just be something all americans take seriously, an attack on our capitol. i think it gives her an insenttive to move this forward quickly. what i saw, an aggressive, hail mary that was built into this and she could prevent that from happening. one more question about wha happens next with steve bannon. so the house is going to vote. if the house votes to move forward with these criminal charges, who decides whether to prosecute him and why wouldn t they decide to prosecute him given he s being held in contempt? well, the united states attorney for the district of columbia would be the first person who makes that decision, but obviously there would be some consultation with the higher ups in the justice
will work on timing it but we do want to get it on the house floor, soon. and once it passes the house floor, and i m confident that it will, that starts the next series of motions. the speaker will then certify that and then it will be transferred to the united states attorney for the district of columbia. where the federal law says the u.s. attorney has a duty to put this in front of a grand jury at the federal level. so, that s exactly the state of play, our goal here, is to hold this individual accountable. we want to get to the truth, we want to understand the facts of what went into the planning, and everything behind january 6th. our goal isn t to be punitive, our goal is to get testimony. but if someone isn t going to give testimony, we are going to use every tool available. so for all the people who watched what happened on january, but for the rest of us
likely advance a criminal referral to the house floor. from there, the house floor will act and we re work on timing with the rules committee, but we do want to get it on the house floor soon. and once it passes off of the house floor, and i m confident that it will, then that starts the next series of motions and so the speaker will then certify that, and then it will be transferred to the united states attorney for the district of columbia, where the federal law says the district, the u.s. attorney has a duty to put this in front of a grand jury at the federal level, and so that s exactly the state of play. our goal here is to hold this individual accountable. we want to get to the truth. we want to understand the facts of what went into the planning and everything behind january 6th and so our goal is to be punitive. our goal is to get testimony, but if someone isn t going to give testimony, we re going to use every tool available. so for a lot of people who
investigated by the united states attorney for the district of columbia for committing perjury, lying under oath. nevertheless, he does give such a detailed explanation of rosen sign s comments that it just doesn t square with rosenstein s assertion that this was a joke. i said it sarcastically. steve: at the same time they can both be true. yes. steve: mr. rosenstein could have been joking and mr. mccabe took it serious. it didn t happen. if you ask me where i think this is going to go? nowhere. will there are other issues confronting the president and other issues confronting the doj this is just one of those unanswered footnotes in history. brian: judge, are you under the belief that it would not be a big deal if the president released this transcript? i am under the belief, ainsley feels differently that if the president released the transcript of his private conversations with the ukrainian president it would be a terrible precedent for the next president down the line. i th
to cooperate. and this is from that single-spaced plea deal the judge warned her that she needed to read very carefully today in court. quote: your client agrees to cooperate with the office of the united states attorney for the district of columbia on the following terms and conditions. your client shall cooperate fully, truthfully, completely and forthrightly with this office and other federal state and local law enforcement authorities identified by this office in any and all matters as to which the government deems the cooperation relevant. your client s cooperation may include but will not necessarily be limited to answering questions, providing sworn written statements, taking government administered polygraph examinations, and participating in covert law enforcement activities. since she was already charged as a secret agent, presumably covert activities will not be a mystifying concept