i m yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. we are going to begin with breaking news on capitol hill. we got a lot to get to. the january 6th committee officially subpoenaing former president trump, we want to go right to capitol hill as we re kind of weeding through this 10-page document that we re getting in the last few minutes or so. ali, let s talk about this. because we re looking at two specific dates, right? we have november 4th, in which the documents that were requested by the january 6th committee, from the former president, that is the due date. and then november 14th, on or about they say november 14th, they expect the president, the former president to show up for deposition testimony. what else stands out to you? what else can you talk us through with this? the dates are of course the dates that we will first pay attention to in terms of being able to see where the former president will be complying with this subpoena request. the fact that one comes before the m
and nail gun who tried to break into an fbi field office today. investigators now looking into whether the suspect had ties to right wing extremism. let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. tonight, countdown. there is a deadline on the table, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow. that s when a judge says he needs a response from president trump to the doj, so he can make a formal ruling on whether to make that search warrant of mar-a-lago public. it comes as attorney general merrick garland took the step today of speaking out. breaking his silence, saying that he signed off on the warrant to search trump s mar-a-lago home personally, and he s doing it by the book. now formally requesting a judge to make the search warrant and supporting documents used in the search of trump s mar-a-lago public. just now, the justice department filed a motion in the southern district of florida to unseal a search warrant and property receipt, relating to a court approved search that the fbi condu
them, an attack on their persons and their staff on the 20 somethings who work for kevin mccarthy who work for them, who work for, you know, mitt romney and mitch mcconnell. their own staff is at risk of dying, were terrified. they don t care. none of them do. i wonder what that does say about whether the rule of law exists if only one political party believes in it? no, no respect for the rule of law if it s deployed selectively, right? if you stop investigating and prosecuting bank robbers, what are you going to see? a whole lot more bank robberies and, you know, curt and maya are political experts but the conversation you and maya just had, what happens if the crimes against our democracy by donald trump, steve bannon and others go unprosecuted. what will become extinct are republican concession speeches
record as well as yesterday s letter from robert j. costello, mr. bannon s attorney. mr. bannon s attorney said they needed time to, quote, assess the select committee s request in light of litigation filed by former president trump and in the district of columbia district court yesterday. however, the former president s lawsuit is immaterial to mr. bannon s defiance of our lawful subpoena. i made that clear in a letter to mr. costello this morning. without objections, my letter is in the record. furthermore, the white house yesterday issued a letter to mr. bannon s attorney stating, quote, we are not aware of any basis for your client s refusal to appear for a deposition, end quote.
this, you know, buildup to, you know, donald trump finally being held to account by the law but tonight, january 6th commission is going to say donald trump, steve bannon, everyone who is part of the insurrection on january 6th, you re not above the law and if your viewers, joy, would refuse to compile with the subpoena in their own local court, they would be brought in by a judge in a jump suit and asked why they think they re above the law and we re saying that steve bannon and anyone else should be treated the same way. you re a prosecutor. there is something called inter rent content. do you think it s a mistake to go through the process and rely on the department of justice? merrick garland isn t an aggressive man when it comes to holding donald trump or any of the people involved in what amounts to threats of violence against our citizenry, against members of congress and our democracy. he hasn t exactly been aggressive. should congress take it upon