quote, irrelevant to the contempt of congress case against him. that is set to begin next week. the doj wrote, quote, the defendant s sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet obl gigations, but a last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability. bannon s reversal comes after he received a letter from former trump that waives executive privilege, but new court documents show that an attorney for former president trump actually spoke to the fbi weeks ago and contradicted bannon s claim that the former president had invoked executive privilege over particular information or materials, so who is telling the truth and who is not? more on that in a moment. also, in the january 6th public hearing that is tomorrow, this is the next one, the panel is expected to focus on how the violent mob came together, the rule of extremist groups in the deadly insurrection, and any connections of those groups to trump s inner circle. a former spokesman for the oath keepers, a far right
played in trying to overturn the election. just to give a historical precedence to the group and how they have radicalized was the propaganda for the keepers. let s begin with the latest on steve bannon. saying he is now willing to testify before the january 6 committee jessica schneider is outside the courthouse where the hearing is taking place this morning. the point you made last hour was it was supposed to take place nine months ago so this is the 11th hour appeal. how do we expect this to proceed in the next several hours? it is notable because steve bannon is set to go on trial one week from today so the federal judge right now is beginning to hear arguments as to how the trial will proceed. bannon s attorneys have repeatedly asked for delay and prosecutors in an overnight filing talked about the fact that they want any evidence that steve bannon has said he will testify to the committee, completely excluded from the trial. prosecutors are really saying that stev
prosecutors in an overnight filing talked about the fact that they want any evidence that steve bannon has said he will testify to the committee, completely excluded from the trial. prosecutors are really saying that steve bannon is trying every trick in the book to try to change the narrative about his obstruction of congress or contempt of congress charges. they also say that the evidence should not be allowed. they are saying that steve bannon despite the fact that he says he will now testify, it does not cure his previous contempt of congress charge. prosecutors did write in an overnight filing that the defendant apparently has not told the committee he wishes to provide documents responsive to the subpoena so the efforts do nothing to begin to cure his failure to produce records and instead his continued failure to supply that document demand and now will testify suggest his actions are a little more
bannon and his legal team of trying every trick in the book to change the optics of this criminal contempt of congress charge. they re saying that really he s about to face the consequences, so now he s really throwing anything against the wall to see what sticks. and the prosecutors here are saying that you can t cure a criminal contempt of congress charge by later agreeing to comply. they say that doesn t fix it. and furthermore, they re saying bannon hasn t complied fully. he s now saying that he will testify, but he hasn t turned over all of the documents that were requested in the subpoena. so prosecutors are putting it this way, writing this, they re saying that defendant apparently has not told the committee he wishes to provide documents responsive to the subpoena, so his 11th hour efforts do nothing to cure his failure to produce records. instead, his continued failure to comply with the subpoena s document demand, while claiming he now will testify, suggests his actions are l
committee issued demands for documente documents from 8 o relatives, aides, and soisassociates to th president, family members and top white house officials to oth other advisers past and present. targeted in the probe, organizations tied to the president and companies and other groups that may have aided mr. trump s campaign. the house judiciary committee chairman said it s too early to talk impeachment. impeachment is a long way down the road. we don t have the facts yet. but we re going to initiate proper investigations. reporter: the white house signaled it won t be complying with the document demand, saying in a statement the fact chairman nadler would try to force the public disclosure of private conversations that he knows are protected by law proves he only wants to play politics. hugging the stars and stripes o over the weekend, the president made it clear what he thinks of the special counsel s investigation into possible russian collusion with the trump campaign. you