Communications or if a court weighs in on the matter. Now the committee is calling on another former trump aide to testify. Exdoj official jeffrey clark. That name may found familiar, hes a person who drafted a letter which falsely claimed the Justice Department found Voting Irregularities in georgia. All of this as former President Trump is now facing an order to provide documents to the committee within 30 days, that order, of course, coming after the white house rejected his attempt to exert Executive Privilege here. Our team is standing by with all of the latest developments and reaction on this busy thursday morning. Lets begin with cnns Senior Legal Affairs correspondent paula reed in washington. Kash patel not expected to appear today as jim said, sources are telling you he is still engaging with the committee. What does that mean . Exactly. He was originally scheduled to appear for a deposition today, but sources tell ryan nobles and myself that his lawyers and the committee th
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
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