there are some republicans you think for instance who voted to impeach donald trump twice who was one of the architects of the independent commission but very critical of this select committee who believes it s too part partisan. each and every republican that choose to vote no have their reason. some say they don t believe the subpoena power is correct and using correct i think of nancy mace of south carolina for instance, she was one of those republicans who voted in favor of the bannon contempt referral because she was concerned about congress maintaining that subpoena authority. she chose not to do that tonight. we don t know the exact reason why. but there a lot of these republicans in this trump era found themselves in very difficult positions especially if they hope to seek reelection and have to go through a tough primary where somebody like donald trump can pick somebody out of the blue and say he endorses that candidate and has them run against them. jamie herrera beutler
is wearing a tie. good evening to you, don. i was born in this tie. you will get a necktie off my cold dead body. it ain t happening. baby, i was born this way. not going for sexy. but talk to me. talk to me. good evening. tonight the bannon contempt referral sits with the u.s. attorney. this is what attorney general merrick garland said about the decision of whether to prosecute. the department of justice will do what it always does in such circumstances, will apply the facts in the law and make a decision consistent with the principles of the constitution. what do you think will happen? zblipt to say a couple of things. when he made those comments, that was maybe six or eight hours before this case even existed. so, it would have been inappropriate for him to go further than that. i think they re going to take a close look at it and there s a basis for charging him with a crime. the committee put out a pretty long detailed report indicating all the ways in which steve
reporter: trump also seeking to block the committee. filing for an injunction to stop the national archives from turning over some of his white house records. cheney suggested these moves by trump and bannon to thwart the investigation may be evidence of a larger conspiracy. they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january 6th. reporter: and it s still unclear what attorney general merrick garland will do, if he receives that bannon contempt referral. the committee chairman says three other trump associates, kash patel, mark meadows and dan scavino are being somewhat cooperative. scavino s lawyer tells cnn he s not entered into negotiations with the committee and at this point, jake, he is not ready to cooperate. paula reid, thank you. we re following breaking news out of florida right now. any moment the fbi is set to give an update on the search for brian laundrie after items belonging to him were found when