paper, the washington post. trump considers waving claim to executive privilege for steve bannon. my colleagues isaac stanley-becker, josh joce and jacqueline alameda report, quote, former president donald trump is considering sending a letter to stephen k. bannon, saying that he is waiving executive privilege, potentially clearing the way for his former chief strategist to testify before the house select committee investigating the pro trump riot at the capitol. the letter, quote, would say that the former president is now willing to give up that claim if bannon can reach an agreement on the terms of an appearance before the panel, according to three people familiar with the matter. now to be clear, trump doesn t have a legitimate claim to executive privilege over bannon s testimony. he is not the president anymore and, more importantly, bannon didn t even work for him during the insurrection. but wait that s not all. the lawyer for the founder of
extensively throughout the six hearings the committee has already held. but it was after we heard from former white house aide cassidy hutchinson late last month that the pressure really ramped up on cipollone to testify, under oath, before the committee. i saw mr. cipollone right before i walked out onto west exec saturday morning and mr. cipollone said something to the effect of, please make sure we don t go up to the capitol, cassidy. keep in touch with me. we are going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen. there are developments today of potential new testimony the committee may hear from two other individuals who were closely aligned with trump. here s the headline for my paper, the washington post. trump considers waving claim to executive privilege for steve bannon. my colleagues isaac stanley-becker, josh joce and jacqueline alameda report, quote, former president donald