we re not going to allow them to play rope a dope. we re going to go straight to criminal contempt and expect the justice department to hold to the principle that no one is against the law and not say i don t want to comply with the subpoena. there is something that can be done about it. they can be prosecuted and go to jail over it. the former president has been telling bannon and company not to cooperate with the committee. a number of his former big name lawyers choosing to sit this one out. some consider him toxic for trying to overturn the election. others, according to several people familiar with legal circles are worried they ll stiff them, not pay them. four attorneys who reecently tun them down, he said he didn t even know who they are. he said i do pay them when they do a good job, all but admitting he does stiff them when they don t. what s the latest?
the breaking news, another big subpoena from the house select committee on january 6th. it s for jeffrey clark, the justice-department official whom the president wanted to make acting-attorney general as part of his team to overturn the election. the countdown concerns former trump adviser steve bannon and former-pentagon official cash patel, both scheduled to give depositions to the committee tomorrow. bannon, so far, has refused to cooperate. the committee has threatened to bring criminal contempt charges if he and others won t. former-trump tweeter, dan scavino, and former chief of staff mark meadows face a similar deadline friday. the question remains what will the committee do if they don t get cooperation? for days now, members have been talking tough. here is adam schiff on cnn late today. we re not willing to allow them to play rope-a-dope in the courts that way. that s why we are going to go straight to criminal contempt and expect the justice department, unlike the last on
client isn t participating because trump told him not to, citing executive privilege. bannon, you ll recall, was fired back in 2017, so he wasn t even part of the executive branch on january 6th, making any assertions of privilege about his talks with trump legally dubious at best. as for what happens if witnesses don t show, one member of this committee says there will be swift consequences. we re not willing to allow them to play rope-a-dope in the civil courts that way. that is why we will go straight to criminal contempt and expect the justice department, unlike the last one, to uphold the principle that no one is above the law. no one gets to say, i m not going to comply with the subpoena because i don t want to and there s nothing you can do about it. in fact, there is something that can be done about it. they can be prosecuted and go to jail about it. . they are looking to compel testimony any way they can. as for the friday witnesses, we know the former chief of staff mark
happen before the end of this week if they feel like they aren t getting the compliance they re looking for. we re not willing to allow them to play rope-a-dope in the civil courts that way. that s why we re going straight to criminal contempt and expect the justice department, unlike the last one, to uphold the principle that no one is above the law. no one gets to say, i m not going to comply with the subpoena because i don t want to and there s nothing you can do about it. there is something that can be done, they can be prosecute and had go to jail over it. reporter: while the committee is prepping for those interviews both thursday and friday, they re also continuing to cast a wide net of former trump officials who they are looking to glean information from. we are told on wednesday the committee met with jeffrey rosen. he, of course, the former acting attorney general, and they have also issued a subpoena for another high-level department of justice official, jeffrey clark. c
breyer sits down with cnn. a big ask he has for the american people. good morning to viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is thursday, october 14th. and today we re going to find out how aggressive the january 6th committee will be as the standoff with donald trump s former aides is about to come to a head. depositions are scheduled this morning for kash patel and for steve bannon. overnight, bannon s lawyer confirming that his client will refuse to provide testimony. now, former president trump has been urging his loyalists to ignore these subpoenas from this committee. lawmakers, though, say they are prepared to pursue criminal charges for noncompliant witnesses. we re not willing to allow them to play rope-a-dope in the