president trump s attorneys in early september. the white house has said they are reviewing other documents and that decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis, but this all sets up a possible legal fight between the biden white house and the former president. many legal experts argue that the decisions over executive privilege sit with the current president, not the former, but it s totally expected the former president will try to fight this. but bottom line with the biden white house, what they ve tried to argue is that they want to provide as much information as possible to that house select committee as they re trying to get to the bottom of what transpired around the january 6th insurrection. arlitt saenz, thank you for that report. cnn contributor john dean tells our pam brown why he believes the strategy won t
we ll come back to that. look what we learned about the january 6th and executive privilege. trump wants everything kept locked up. some of the team responding. bannon not playing ball. the quiet part out loud today, the anxiety, pearl clutching is the democrat party s fear of the return of trump. that s where all these committees are. that s what they re trying to do. the justice department is this. the senate that. dirk duringban has the long fac. it won t be 2024, it will be 2022 or maybe before as we start the desert desert fa case proce arizona. the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection got a major boost from the biden administration, which is refusing to assert executive privilege on the first bach of documents from the previous administration that the committee wants to review.
bannon will not cooperate saying the executive privileges belong to president trump. so let s go to arlette signs in wilmington, delaware. what does the white house have to say about this assertion that trump still holds this power of executive privilege. i assume they disagree with it but i m curious how long the battle can play out? reporter: the white house argues these are executive order circumstances and that president biden wants to ensure that the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection has all the documents and information it needs. so president biden decided not to assert executive privilege over those trump administration documents. that the former president, president trump, is trying to do. the white house council, dana pus sent a letter to the national archives outlining the reasoning she wrote in part the constitutional protections of
appreciate your time. i know you re busy doing stuff this weekend. appreciate you being here with us. thank you. developing right now on capitol hill, the house select committee investigating the january 6th insurrection is threatening criminal action against anyone refusing to comply with their requests. of the four trump allies who recently sent subpoenas, two of them are engaging with the committee but so far former trump adviser steve bannon is saying count me out. if he continues to resist he could face prosecution for contempt of congress which is punishable by up to one year behind bars. nbc s julie tsirkin joins us with the details. it looks like bannon is relying on trump asserting executive privilege but that s been shut down by the white house, what you now? it s been shut down for now. president biden allowing the national archives to provide the house select committee with this trove of documents relating to what the former president, former president trump knew,
september. the white house has said they are reviewing other documents and that decisions will be made on a case by case basis. but this all sets up a possible legal fight between the biden white house and the former president, many legal experts argue that the decisions over executive privilege sit with the current president, not the former. but it s totally expected that the former president will try to fight this. but bottom line what the biden white house has tried to argue is they want to provide as much information as possible to the house select committee as they re trying to get to the bottom of what transpired around the january 6th insurrection. all right, arlette signs, thank you so much for that. joining me now republican strategist alice stuart and white house washington bureau chief april ryan. the white house trying to assert privilege over the documents, obviously no surprise, he says it s about defending the office