four trump loyalists. this is a group of men who had the ear of the former president donald trump and were part of his white house staff and were also people that played a key role in the rally leading up to the insurrection that took place on january 6th. dan scavino, deputy chief of staff. mark meadows was the white house chief of staff at that time. steve bannon who once served as a counsellor to the former president during the early parts of his administration, and was one of the group of people that was rallying people to the white house on january 6th. and then cash patel who was the former chief of staff to the then acting secretary of defense and was working at the pentagon on january 6th. you know, when you read these letters that they have sent to these four men, you get a clear idea of exactly why the committee has asked them to come forward. this is the letter from -- to dan scavino. it says, quote, the select