good evening. today the house select committee investigating the january 6th riots took the rare step of subpoenaing a former president of the united states. writing that the efforts to overturn the 2020 election was something th he, quote, personally orchestrated and oversaw. the committee is demanding he sit for a deposition under oath as well as provide documents and communications with more than a dozen allies and associates. the response from the president s legal team today was only to call the subpoena, quote, an unprecedented action. unclear what their next step will be. what is clear is defying the subpoena by the select committee can come a consequences. just today the president s on-again, off-again close advisor often considered the architect of the president s rise was sentenced to prison for defying the very thing the president was served with today. steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison plus a fine of $6,500 for his refusal to comply with the hous
views as the biden administration working to hit him with criminal charges, or even put him and his people in prison. according to the justice department s office of legal counsel, a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime. now, the same is not true for a prosecution at a state level. however, that would possibly go to the supreme court. let s bring in the host of way too early and white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. former staff for hillary clinton. good to have you both on board this morning. not a surprise. a lot of people have been talking for some time that donald trump may seek re-election to avoid prosecution. it seems of course, you have a new book coming out that goes through everything donald trump has done, certainly everything he did around january 6th, that now seems to be landing him in hot water. not just politically, as we heard from mike allen on your show, but it is impacting him politically and legally at the jus
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he s still a hometown favorite, but most of the people in the county don t think he s the right person to be running for senate. i hope we really do. reporter: she doesn t feel the multi-million dollar former resident has done enough to help wrightsville particularly the black community here. we see him, once a year when he comes for the parade. he s yet to campaign in the black community. reporter: curtis dickson who was walker s tenth grade history teacher and a coach on his championship football team described him as a good, polite kid who has given back to this community as an adult. sounds like you like herschel as a player and as a student. still do, but, you know, this is business. reporter: you don t feel like he s ready. he s not ready. reporter: readiness is a concern even for those who say they ll still probably vote for walker. i think he ought to just wait and look inside before running