ahead as possible. the trouble is, of course, that if he is eventually forced to turn these over, maybe in spring 2022, this is going to be a bit of a problem because it could be a bit of a role reversal in the way the came out just before the 2016 elections, and if this has the same effect before the midterms, the gop could be in a politically very difficult place. absolutely. could be punting to like a more controversial time in terms of what he expects. let s talk about the details of the reporting here. so in terms of these top aides, former chief of staff mark meadows, deputy chief of staff, dan scavino, steve bannon, kash patel. the president wanting them all to defy their subpoenas. but chairman benny thompson said the committee will issue criminal referrals to witness who is refuse to obey subpoena deadlines. how do you see this playing out? are these aides more inclined to listen to their former boss or congress because could jail time
and when did they know it, and who funded what? you re absolutely right. follow the money. millions of dollars were poured into the event that took place on january 6th that resulted in insurrection. americans attacking americans. so absolutely, whether it s mr. bannon, chief of staff mark meadows and all of the other players, we need to know what they knew, who funded what, and when did they know it. it is very telling that after the insurrection took place that president trump, then president trump did not immediately call for help. it s very revealing of his state of mind, of what he had hoped would happen that day, that all hell would break loose as mr. bannon is quoted as saying. and his reaction to what he was witnessing there. the chairman said more subpoenas will be coming out shortly. to whom, potentially, who do you want to see come to testify?
incorporated in a much larger bill, which is the bill that is protecting american democracy because that s really what s at stake here is a subpoena compliance bill, so democrats even with a democracy in the white house, are prepared to move forward and make sure that we hold every president accountable to the law, that no president is above the law as we saw mr. trump tried to hold himself. 11 new subpoenas being issued this week from the committee focusing on the organizers of the event there on january 6th. what kind of role could these people have played? what are the questions you want to have answered from this? i should note that you may have heard my interview with omarosa in the last segment. she pointed to katrina pierson, she said, look, she was all about the money. is that a question for you, where the money came from for this rally? what i kept saying is we were preparing for impeachment trial number two was what did the president know and when did he know it. what did
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with trump s former white house chief of staff mark meadows. of course he was subpoenaed last week, and it all goes to show that while the investigation is looking at these people, they re looking at these people insofar as maybe trump or the trump white house played a role. so i m going to get into details in a second, but the strategy of claiming executive privilege, can that work, or does it just serve to delay the whole process by creating this long, drawn out legal mess? i think the former president and i ve spoken to a number of people connected to him still down in mar-a-lago and the idea here is that the move to challenge the subpoenas and the release of records to the january 6th committee is a delay in process. the president, the former president doesn t really believe that these records are going to be like hidden from public view forever. the aim is to block these as far