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pottinger resigned in the immediate aftermath of the january 6th attack on the capitol. he will appear alongside former trump white house aide sarah matthews. also today, opening statements are expected in the federal trial of former trump adviser steve bannon for his refusal to cooperate with the january 6 committee. he s charged with two counts of contempt of congress for flouting subpoenas from the committee. the trial is expected to move quickly. and the government s case might even take one day. let s go to cnn s senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz. thank you for joining us. let s start with matthew pottinger and these details. obviously he was a pretty big figure in the west wing. he is considered to be have influence in the west wing. that s right, potting was the deputy national security adviser. that s a high-ranking position, he s alongside another person the former white house press secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live wit ....
Secretary sarah matthews. they re both going to be live witnesses that we ve been able to confirm for thursday s prime tierl hearing. ands you guys mentioned, it s very notable. both of these people resigned in the immediate aftermath of january 6th. they re not likely to be very friendly witnesses to donald trump or what happened there on january 6th. they won t be mincing words, we don t expect, whenever they re testifying. but we do know from the committee members who have been previewing the hearing over recent days that they want to take us inside the white house, minute by minute. 187 minutes in total, where donald trump was doing nothing. they are going to hope to illustrate that. not just with these live witnesses, but with witnesses that they have videotaped. we ve been seeing all of these depositions. there are lots of people that were in the white house that day that had sat for testimony. so, all of that is going to come together in this prime time hearing. you know, i was ....