shannon. i had no idea she went through that tragedy as a kid. and just the sense of guilt. oh, my god, so profound. her mother and baby sister and cousin were killed in a car crash when she was just four years old. it s amazing. i appreciate you listening. it s great. everyone should check it out. it s obviously a subject you know a lot about and you really bring out these important threads from people like stephen colbert and lauren anderson. thanks. i appreciate it. have a great weekend. thanks anderson. welcome to cnn tonight. i m jake tapper in washington. today donald trump was issued a subpoena from the january 6 committee, which wrote to trump, quote, we have a semiabled overwhelming evidence that you personally orchestrated and oversaw a multipart effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election and to obstruct the peaceful transition of power, unquote. at the same time, in the same investigation, trump s former chief strategist steve bannon was senten
chief strategist steve bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for defying his subpoena from the committee. and bannon looked like he loved every second of it. traitor! lock him up! the federal judge, a trump appointee, said bannon has showed no remorse for his actions. remorse isn t bannon s thing. revolt is. remember, this is a legitimate regime. their judgment day is november. bannon s one of the main forces that spread those deranged lies about the 2020 election, but at least at the time privately bannon seemed to know that this was all a scam. here he is behind closed doors before the last election. and what trump s going to do is just declare victory, right? he s going to declare victory.
accusing him or his defense team of lodging, quote, prif louse legal complaints in order to cause a public battle with prosecutors as the one-time senior adviser to former president donald trump faces charges for criminal contempt of the house january 6th select committee. politico reporting prosecutors said in a filing last night an attorney for bannon had repeatedly rebuffed their efforts to negotiate an evidence-sharing agreement. a standard part of the process in criminal trials. instead, the prosecution said bannon s defense used a public court filing on wednesday in a statement to the washington post to complain about the case. a prosecutor writes in court documents, quote, the defense is misleading claims, failure to confer, unexplained wholesale opposition, and extrajudicial statements make clear the defense s real purpose to abuse
covid. i think it is going to be really important to prevent both. all right, good to hear. important to think about. dr. peter hotez, thank you very much. thanks so much, jim. steve bannon is in serious legal trouble this morning after failing to comply with the congressional subpoena it appear before the house committee investigating january 6th. the committee is now moving forward to hold bannon in criminal contempt. if he refuses the subpoena like we expect him to continue to do, then we re left with no other choice than to ask the justice department, lock him up, and hold him in contempt, and clearly that might send enough of a message that he will agree to talk to us. bannon s attorney said bannon will not cooperate until the committee reaches an agreement with former president trump over
forthcoming. adam schiff, top democrat, said bannon was instructed by the white house in advance not to respond on certain topics. schiff calling bannon s refusal to cooperate unprecedented. this was effectively a gag order by the white house preventing this witness from answering almost any question concerning his time in the transition or the administration and many questions even after he left the administration. the scope of this assertion of privilege if that s what it is is breathtaking. it goes beyond anything we ve seen in this investigation. connecticut democrat jim himes said bannon risks being held in contempt of congress if he does not answer questions. bannon s attorney told the committee has client will answer questions when he goes to the special counsel because then executive privilege will not apply. bannon is one of several trump associates coming before the panel. among the others, cory