i m yasmin vossoughian in for katy tur. we are going to begin with breaking news on capitol hill. we got a lot to get to. the january 6th committee officially subpoenaing former president trump, we want to go right to capitol hill as we re kind of weeding through this 10-page document that we re getting in the last few minutes or so. ali, let s talk about this. because we re looking at two specific dates, right? we have november 4th, in which the documents that were requested by the january 6th committee, from the former president, that is the due date. and then november 14th, on or about they say november 14th, they expect the president, the former president to show up for deposition testimony. what else stands out to you? what else can you talk us through with this? the dates are of course the dates that we will first pay attention to in terms of being able to see where the former president will be complying with this subpoena request. the fact that one comes before the m
watching in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, former president trump now facing a subpoena from the january 6 committee. we ll break it down. and plus we re live in london with a look at the top contenders for the next prime minister and whether boris johnson could attempt a comeback. and ukraine warns russia is setting its sights on a critical dam. we ll have a live report from kyiv ahead . the select committee has made good on its promise to subpoena former president donald trump. that subpoena was formally served on friday. compelling the former president to testify under oath is extremely rare and it could test the limits of the law as it applies to trump in this circumstance, but the committee says it need to say hear from him to bring its long investigation to a close. the panel writes, quote, we have assembled overwhelming evidence that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn
former federal prosecutor andy mccarthy is standing by. first, david spunt who has been covering this all along, this very quick verdict. very quick verdict. we re talking three hours and ten minutes. when you have a verdict that quick, it s not favorable to the defendant. steve bannon, the former white house adviser to former president donald trump convicted on two counts of criminal contempt of congress. willful failure to appear before testimony before january 6. guilty. count two, willful failure to provide records guilty. steve bannon s team didn t put on a defense. bannon did not testify in his own defense, which was thought that he would. the government put on a case for about a day. jury selection began just on monday, a few days ago. this was an incredibly quick trial. steve bannon s team was upset. they filed a motion. last night in front of millions in the january 6 committee hearing, the committee played this audio clip of bannon from october of 2020. listen.
what is going on? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, will merrick garland indict donald trump? tonight, a major clue into what investigators are focusing on, that is the fake electors, those fake electors from contested states. bennie thompson, the chairman of the january 6th committee, saying his committee is providing the doj with witness transcripts to put up the fraj la fraudulentelectors. they ve included testimony from the chairwoman of the republican national committee, describing a call that she received from the former president and his attorney, john eastman. he turned the call over to mr. eastman, who then proceeded to talk about the importance of the rnc helping the campaign gather these contingent electors in case any of the legal challenges that were ongoing changed the result did you receive a call from andy y biggs of arizona on the morning of january 6th? i did. he asked if i would sign on both to a letter that
expect tomorrow. cnn has learned that january six committee is planning to zero in on a key link. the extremist groups ties to trump associates, roger stone and michael flynn. the hearing comes as another key trump ally, steve bannon, is changing his tune. telling the committee, he would be willing to testify but only in a live public setting. it s a move prosecutors believe as a stunt to try and wiggle out from his criminal contempt charges but a federal judge on monday declined his request to postpone his trial for next week. i expect we ll be hearing from him and there are many questions that we have for him. the committee has already revealed a bevy of new information. among the biggest headlines, that trump and his allies were made fully aware that there was no evidence the election was stolen. i don t think it was happening was honest or professional. trump knew he lost election but kept telling the supporters he won. without evidence to back it up. that the c