they will make contempt decisions about charges. two weeks ago you said that the january 6th committee would move very quickly to refer former white house chief of staffmark meadows for criminal contempt charges after he defied a subpoena. is that still likely going to happen, and if so, when? i think we will probably make a decision this week. we are moving with anyone who obstructs the committee and that was certainly the case with mr. bannon and it will be the case with mr. meadows, mr. clark for any others. schiff s reference there shows that he means business, because the committee has exercised its powers to a degree that has upended bannon s life.
it s not discretion, it s not nearly as discretionary as the past examples. if we were sitting in a law office, and you said that as senior partner, and i was the research associate, i would only say to you that you re right. but those are the only precedents we have. so explain to the viewers what you mean about why they re what we have, but they might not really rise to the stakes here. the key thing in any privilege is the need for the evidence. the need for the evidence is, what is the particular case about? this is the most monumental, important investigation in our lifetimes, or close to it. prior contempt decisions don t tell us too much. if i m sitting in the attorney general s seat, i have to think, yes, the public has a right to this evidence. the justice department has a right to get this evidence. someone who is stonewalling and acting like a guilty organized