them are horrified and scandalized by what took place on january 6th and they want to do their legal duty and their civic duty by coming forward to explain exactly what happened. so, you know, we re going to continue to encourage everybody who has relevant information to come and talk to the january 6th committee. i understand you are not naming them right now and you re trying to get their cooperation. but will we ultimately find out who is voluntarily cooperating, who used to work for the trump white house? well, unless there s an agreement not to make it public, i think that all of this will become clear in a matter of time. we don t want to set people up for retaliation by president trump who, as we can see from the bannon matter, is doing whatever he can to stop people from testifying. and, you know, we consider that also an interference with our
of conning the very same president s supporters, which tells you a little something about what he thinks about his own supporters. it came as no surprise today that instead of sitting for a deposition, he defied the committee s subpoena. they vowed to move forward with criminal contempt proceedings. it also postponed depositions for three other senior allies of the former president and said it would take up the bannon matter next tuesday. their next step would be to build a criminal contempt referral, which if approved by the house would been sent to federal prosecutors. cnn s kaitlan collins asked about it at the white house today. is it the president s position that those who defy congressional subpoenas should prosecution from the justice department? i know that has been raised as an issue, of course, by what we ve seen happen in congress. it s the purview of the department of justice to determine if there would be criminal referral, any criminal
personified by steve bannon. when last we heard he was being pardoned by that same president while facing charges of swindling donors who thought their money was funding the border wall. prosecutors say a lot of it, hundreds of thousands of dollars worth, was siphoned off by bannon himself and used to cover personal expenses. the former president pardoned him even though he was accused of conning the president s supporters. which tells you something about what he thinks about his supporters. today, instead of sitting for deposition, he defied the committee s subpoena. they vowed to move forward with criminal contempt proceedings. it also postponed depositions for three other senior allies of the former president and said it would take up the bannon matter next tuesday. their next step would be to build a criminal contempt referral which would be sent to federal prosecutors. kaitlyn collins asked about it at the white house today. z