orchestrating what happened, and acted illegally to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. now its members want to hear directly from mr trump and seek any relevant documents in his possession. he has until novemberfour to provide his possession. he has until november four to provide them, and then appear in person to answer questions on or about the 14th of next month. the former president s lawyers say they will respond as appropriate to what they call this unprecedented action. this unprecedented action. donald this unprecedented action. donald trump could decide to go along with the request, appealing it in court or refusing to comply like steve bannon found guilty of contempt of congress and now sentenced to four months injailfor his refusal to do as the committee asked. he is going to appeal. i have got a great legal team, there will be multiple areas of appeal but, as that sciences writer, can we have the vote sign? 0n writer, can we have the vote sign? on november ei
investigating last year s attack on the capitol building in washington, dc, has ordered former president donald trump to testify under oath. the committee says its evidence shows mr trump played a central role in an orchestrated effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for his refusal to co operate with the investigation. 0ur north american correspondent peter bowes has this report. a capitol building under siege. they tried to stop conga certifying joe biden s victory in the 2020 election. according to the house committee, the former president was in the thick of orchestrating what happened and acted illegally to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. now its members want to hear directly from mr trump members want to hear directly from mrtrump and members want to hear directly from mr trump and see if any relevant documents are in his possession. he has until novemberfour to provide
according to the house committee, the former president was in the thick of orchestrating what happened and acted illegally to obstruct the peaceful transition of power. now, its members want to hear directly from mr trump and see any relevant documents in his possession. he has until november 4th to provide them, and then appear in person to answer questions on or about the 14th of next month. the former president s lawyers say they would respond as appropriate to what they called this unprecedented action . donald trump could decide to go along with the request, appeal it in court or refusing to comply, just like his former strategist, steve bannon found guilty of contempt of congress and now sentenced to four months injail for his refusal to do as the committee asked. he is going to appeal. i have got a great legal team, there will be multiple areas of appeal but, as that sign says right there, can we have the vote sign?
this guy who was one of donald trump s lawyers and we know that they ve already subpoenaed the same grand jury, pat cipollone, and fielden, who different lawyers for donald trump. two very high ranking lawyers at the white house. all together, i don t think you bring those folks in unless you re thinking that their boss is the potential target. again, it may be just they re trying to get a complete picture and information and the like, but to me, it s a pretty good sign that they are looking at him, which would make sense because we know that donald trump is the kind of spoke in all these other folks are actually hubs around. so it s hard for me to think that you know, pat cipollone is the one who s like orchestrating this as you put it, coup, on january 6th. yeah. i don t get independent, proactive coup brainstorming vibes from him although if we get to interview him, we can get
league hall of famer brett favre. and the man accused of orchestrating much of the scandal, the former republican governor of mississippi, phil bryant. joining us now, reporter for mississippi today anna wolf. she s been covering this story and broke these latest developments. thanks for being here today. this mississippi bold face names involved. give us a primer. how did this come about and where do things stand. this is all part of a massive scandal been unfolding for last two to three years. starting with six arrests from the auditors s office back in 2020. so officials say that at least $77 million was either stolen or misspent during former mississippi governor phil bryant s last four years in office. this is the poor estate in the country. so separate from these six criminal cases, former u.s. attorney brad piggette was representing them in the civil suit which was attempting to