refused to appear, we have no choice but to seek consequences for mr. bannon s failure to comply. those consequences are not just important for this investigation. they are important for all congressional investigations. mr. bannon s and mr. trump s privilege arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing. they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january 6th. and this committee will get to the bottom that have. of that. let me add one further thought principally for my republican colleagues. we all agree that america is the greatest nation on the face of god s earth. truth, justice, and our constitution have made america great. almost every one of my colleagues knows in your hearts that what happened on january
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the plain fact here is that mr. bannon has no legal right to ignore the committee s lawful subpoena. so far, mr. bannon s excuse is that former-president trump wishes to invoke some form of executive privilege for a subset of the relevant topics. president trump s direct communications with mr. bannon regarding the planning for january 6th. this information should not be subject to any privilege at all. and certainly, there is no basis for absolute or unqualified privilege for presidential communications. more important now, there is no conceivably applicable privilege that could shield mr. bannon from testimony on all of the many other topics identified in this committee s subpoena. because he has categorically
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whatever records he possess that are relevant to the select committee s investigation. the issue in front of us today is our ability to do our job. it s about fulfilling our responsibilities according to house resolution 503. to provide the american people answers about what happened on january 6th, and help ensure nothing like that day ever happens, again. we fulfill our responsibilities by discovering the facts behind the january-6th attack so that congress can consider legislation with a full understanding of the activities that led to an attack on congress, itself. i want to make it clear just how isolated mr. bannon is in his refusal to cooperate with the select committee. we have reached out to dozens of witnesses.
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we are taking in thousands of pa pages of records. we are conducting interviews on a steady basis. this is the work of conducting a serious, focused investigation. it s not flashy but it gets results. it s essential that we get mr. bannon s factual and complete testimony in order to get a full accounting of the violence of january 6th and its causes. mr. bannon stands alone in his complete defiance of our subpoena. that s not acceptable. no one in this country, no matter how wealthy or how powerful, is above the law. wl left unaddressed, this defiance may encourage others to follow mr. bannon down the same path. for folks watching at home this evening, i want you to think about something.
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