engaging, negotiating terms. a source says at this point it s clear meadows has no intention of providing testimony or documents which is why we learned some committee members are ready to amp up the pressure on meadows and they can do that by setting a deadline which will force him to either comply or be referred for criminal contempt which is what they did with steve bannon. poppy, that is a risk. unlike steve bannon, the former chief of staff has a stronger claim for potential privilege protection. will he get it? that will be up to president biden. so far biden has not asserted privilege for bannon or records from the trump white house. white house counsel said this is an extraordinary circumstance and the president has concluded that it s not in the best interest of the united states to assert privilege. what will happen with meadows? the white house tells me they re assessing every question about privilege on a case by case
the white house has been saying for weeks that the president, president biden, will not stand in the way of these documents requests but here s what press secretary jen psaki said just yesterday about this, listen. the president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents from the trump white house, that have been provided to us by the national archives. as we ve said previously, this will be an ongoing process. and this is just the first set of documents. and we will evaluate questions of privilege on a case by case basis. yeah, meanwhile, the lawyers for steve bannon writing to the house select committee on thursday in light of them missing that documents request deadline, not producing those documents requested by the committee, they say that steve bannon may be protected under former president trump s executive privilege, which we now know the first of many at least has been blocked by president biden, but the committe
light as to the events that happened the day of january 6th. this will not be the last time the president will likely have to weigh in on these documents. there are going to be more document requests ahead. listen to what jen psaki, the white house press secretary had to say about this yesterday. the president has determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents from the trump white house that had been provided to us by the national archives. as we ve said previously, this will be an ongoing process, and this is just the first set of documents, and we will e. questions of privilege on a case by case basis. reporter: the decision as to whether or not to turn over documents to the house committee ultimately might not lie with president biden. donald trump has vowed to fight this move by president biden, and we expect him to seek legal action. so ultimately, this could end up in the courts, and the decision