immediately after bannon defied their subpoena. alisyn and victor. ryan, i also understand that you re getting information about the other associates who had been subpoenaed, mark meadows, kash patel. reporter: that s right. remember, there were four individuals what were scheduled for depositions this week. bannon, of course, perhaps the most high-profile but also mark meadows, the former chief of staff, dan scavino, the deputy chief of staff and kash patel who was at the pentagon on january 6th. the committee treating them much differently. in terms of meadows and patel, i m told their depositions have been given a short postponement because those two are engaging with the committee. we don t know what that level of engagement is, but they are at least talking to the committee and they re trying to find some common ground where they can get the information they re looking for. as for dan scavino, his is a different situation because as you ll remember, we broke the news that they
nobles to explain all this. he starts our coverage from capitol hill this morning. reporter: laura and christine, this is a significant move by the january 6 select committee, and it shows where their investigation is headed. they are requesting both private depositions and records from four trump loyalists. this is a group of men who had the ear of the former president, donald trump, and were part of his white house staff and were also people that played a key role in the rally leading up to the insurrection that took place on january 6th. dan scavino, former deputy chief of staff. of course, mark meadows was the white house chief of staff at that time. steve bannon, who once served as a counsellor to the former president during the early parts of his administration, and was one of the group of people that was rallying people to the white house on january 6th. and then kash patel, who is the former chief of staff to the then acting secretary of defense and was working at the pentago
four trump loyalists. this is a group of men who had the ear of the former president donald trump and were part of his white house staff and were also people that played a key role in the rally leading up to the insurrection that took place on january 6th. dan scavino, deputy chief of staff. mark meadows was the white house chief of staff at that time. steve bannon who once served as a counsellor to the former president during the early parts of his administration, and was one of the group of people that was rallying people to the white house on january 6th. and then cash patel who was the former chief of staff to the then acting secretary of defense and was working at the pentagon on january 6th. you know, when you read these letters that they have sent to these four men, you get a clear idea of exactly why the committee has asked them to come forward. this is the letter from to dan scavino. it says, quote, the select
currently touring the country. comparing events telling them the really ought to be a military coup in this country to reinstall trump and power from pounding the fantasy and his followers that trump will be put back in as president sometime this year, because the results of the last election should not count and won t count much longer. . that s one brother while the other brother is running the u.s. army in the pacific region. after being part of whatever decision-making process went so wrong at the pentagon on january 6th that resulted in there being no help from the? national guard to see the capital for hours while it was being overrun by supporters of general charlie flynn s brother mike and then president trump. it s like i said, kind of a white-knuckle day today for democracy here at home. simultaneously today, we had
do. it s going to be a report more than 100 pages long. we ll have key recommendations here. but only it s going to spawn a further fight on what congress should do about this. won t address a key question. what did trump do, say, or not do and say including the pentagon on january 6th in terms of the response? manu raju, thank you very much. let s bring in white house reporter for the wall street journal and cnn political analyst. sabrina, how can this be a substantive investigation of security failures if you don t look into the commander in chief s decision making, conversations on that day including with the gop leader kevin mccarthy when he called to warn him. what did the president do or say to the pentagon about mobilizing a national guard response? i mean, how can you have a security failure investigation without answering those questions? well, its quite clear it will not answer the questions. and republicans do not want to wade into what the former