If called upon to testify. Overnight bannons attorney sent a letter informing the committee he will not provide testimony as hes been subpoenaed to do or documents as of now. The lawyer saying, quote, we will comply with the directions of the courts when and if they rule on these claims of both executive and Attorney Client privileges. The committee is not buying that legal argument. The reason why some of these witnesses, people like steve bannon, who have been public about their contempt for congress, feel they can get away with it is for four years they did. Steve would never be held in contempt, never prosecuted by the trump Justice Department. But those days are over. Lawmakers are also pressing forward with new subpoenas. The latest is for jeffrey clark, a former donald trump doj official who was integral to helping efforts to helping then President Trump overturn the 2020 election. Whitney wild is with us in washington. Whitney, patel is not appearing. He said hes engaging with
Whitney wild is with us in washington. whitney, patel is not appearing. he said he s engaging with the committee. what does that mean if a witness is refusing a subpoena to testify? reporter: that s the question we ve been asking ourselves since we saw these responses they ve been engaging with the comm committee. they re having conversations through counsel to the committee. however, it does not mean they are appearing for depositions, and it does not mean they are handing over documents necessarily. these are the outstanding questions at this point. we know there is apparently a growing reluck tans for these close trump allies to go through what s being asked of them through this subpoena without a lot of pushback. it s very clear they re going to make this as difficult as possible for the house select committee. however, as you point out, the house select committee is prepared to move forward with an aggressive way and that includes criminal contempt. we ll be watching for that.
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