joining me is ali vitale and the host of the talking feds pod cast and phil rucker of the. "washington post." ali, explain how budwicsz fits into the investigation. >> they are trying to get at and demand these financial records. they're trying to get at how these rallies were planned at the elips and at the capitol were financed and paid for. in filing his lawsuit to stop the committee from going after these banking records, he also says he himself been cooperating. what's clear is that even for people in the pred's orbit who have not said kind things about the committee's work, they're still cooperating with the work that they're doing. this also comes against the backdrop, joe, of them trying to go after these national archives records. the committee still very interested in getting that information and the former president filing his own lawsuit trying to take this up to the supreme court to fully elevate this question of executive privilege. all of this speaks to what the committee is trying to get at, which is both the money trail and also what was happening among the

i'm joined now by nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitale and mike vonas.mittee decided to become aggressive and issue subpoenas? >> reporter: you look at the reaction to their requests, it becomes pretty quickly that they're not ready to comply. then it comes to the january 6 committee, do they move to subpoena their own colleagues, and can they even do that? it sort of brings us into the next chapter of this in 2022 and the work of the committee. we know they need the information that these lawmakers, for example, can provide to them, the other side of those text messages, for example, that mark meadows gave to the committee. we know, for example, that jim jordan was one of those people who was actually texting with mark meadows on january 6th. at the same time it's also a reminder of just how deep the partisan divides here are in congress stemming from january 6th. the bad will between both parties, also because there are so many republicans who whitewashed january 6 and continued to spread or in some ways lend credence to donald trump's big lie about th

nbc's ali vitale is following this story from capitol hill. also david drug drucker. o see both of you. ali, when are we expecting this house vote and what are the next steps? >> reporter: this is going to come later this afternoon. i'm standing in a hallway now where democrats are huddling ahead of the time they start to get on the floor to consider this contempt referral. we're also hearing from meadows' attorney where he takes issue with the idea that people are saying that meadows stopped cooperating. his lawyer says his client has, quote, maintained consistently that as a former chief of staff he cannot be compelled to appear for questioning and that he as a witness is not licensed to wave executive privilege claimed by the former president. we know that trump is claiming executive privilege by the current president joe biden is not saying that should be enforced. this statement goes on to say perhaps members will consider how the select committee's true intentions dealing with mr. meadows have been revealed, citing the documents his cooperation has produced. he h

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