trump. mr. president, you urged united states senators not to do what they promised what they wouldn't do but theyt threw a lifeline to chuck schumer. by the way, chuck schumer, elizabeth warren, yup, they're mocking mitch mcconnell and making fun of the republicans and laughing at them. t he threw him a lifeline that they didn't have to throw. >> mr. trump: the republican senate needs to do leadershipow and i've been saying it for a long time. mitch isn't the guy, not the right guy, not doing the job. he gave us so much time to l figure out what to do because they were in a big bun, was enabled to do anything. he had the weapon and he was an able to use it. it's a shame. it's a shame.. these 11 people come out i know them, some are wonderful, and some i don't agree with too often. i'm not surprised to see some of the names, but i will tell you this. that's not a good thing that happened today. he made a big mistake. >> sean: let me start, there'sh a lot going on in the country.en when you start

>> mr. trumpd and had a very strong conversation, i said i hate to turn the conversation this way but that's the way it is. i said we would do serious, serious harm to them if they killed any of our soldiers or any american citizens. went on from there, and then we got back into a more normalized conversation. well, from that conversation on, 18 months i believe is the amount of time. we didn't lose one soldier, one soldier shot at, no american was killed. the understood exactly. and they also understood. they had conditions. they didn't fulfill the conditions so we hit them hard, and we stayed longer. we were getting ready to move. i want every bolt, nail, screw, you know, those buildings, those beautiful canvas buildings that we build as hangers, i want the buildings taken out. i want the canvas, i want the arrow plains, i want the tanks, i want every single piece of equipment we have. then we are going to bomb five airfields and we're going to take blogger because it's right next to china right

mr. trump weighed firing act attorney general jeffrey rosen and replacing himh a l fraud, allegedly tling n't eveei'm ght, ane ent plan. you'veadt clear you're going too nothing. white house council pat cipollone warned that he and other white house officials would all resign if trump fired rosen, calling it a murder/suicide pact. the former president abandoned the idea. >> this moment was spine-tinglingly, chillingly close to shredding the constitution. >> reporter: republican chuck grassley, who is expected to rally with mr. trump in iowa this weekend, defended the former president. >> he decided not to do it and it was the right decision. >> reporter: mr. trump was not relenting, declaring the real insurrection happened on november 3 raird, the president election, and not on january 6th, and former mike pence is downplaying the violence, even those some rioters wanted to hang him. >> the house committee investigating january 6th has issued new subpoenas, these to organizers of a stop the ste

that would make mrs. trumpg rule follower in terms of protocol and whatnot. it was really inappropriate. so we in the east wing would do what we could to stop it or mitigate it, but at the end of the day, it's his daughter and son-in-law. nobody could work around them. >> you physically blocked them from entering the state of the union behind the first lady. >> yeah. yeah, that wasn't exactly a mature move to do. but she was going through the stormy daniels stuff at the time. >> melania was. >> yes. i'm sorry, yes. i think hii and her chief of stf at the time, we were really protective of her. mrs. trump had gone to the state of the union ahead of the president. one, it was to get her guests there early. i think, too, she wanted to go alone. so i was feeling protective. so her former chief of staff and i, yeah, we raced out of the motorcade and literally physically blocked them so that mrs. trump could have her moment and walk in. it worked for maybe three minutes, and then their secret service pushed us aside.

>> well, we have every reason to believe that mr. trumption by video deposition as per the court's order. his counsel have been cooperative this week in terms of setting up the logistics for that. obviously, it involves things like secret service clearance and getting videographers and court reporters in through security up through the end of this past week, their counsel has been professional and cooperative in that process, and like i said, we have every expectation that it should go forward monday without an issue. >> if he doesn't show, what legal remedies do you have in your pocket? >> well, there are a number of things that we could do if mr. trump does not show. the court order is very clear in terms of his obligations, and in the event that he was, you know, not to show on monday or to cancel at the last minute, it would have to be completed by the end of the month, per the court's order. and beyond that, if there was a refusal, which, again, we don't expect any of this, and i understand that some of this goes with the narrative of

mr. trump's actions will give us clarity to how close we came to the sledding of our constitution and how close we could come again. >> i never conceded. >> donald trump in iowa last night doubling down on the lie' won the election after a week of playing down the januaryincited >> first of all, he didn't get re-elected. e we're not going to concede. >> we're not going to take it anymore. i see a civil war coming. i do. >> on friday the white house blocked an attempt by trump attorneys to withhold documents. >> the president determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not warranted for the first set of documents from the trump white house. >> among the documents requested, trump's witter messages, his calendar, schedule, video, photos and call log. >> we want to know what was the president's involvement, what about people around him. >> former adviser steve bannon told the committee he won't comply with a request for records and testimony. former chief of staff mark meadows and cash patel are engaging and danika vino has finally received his company. >> the committee will proba

we also learned that last week mr. trump told his former aides to not comply with subpoenas from congress regarding the january 6th riot at the capitol, and a facebook whistle-blower told congress this week how the company returned to relaxed security measures right after the election, but before january 6th, even as mr. trump was lying about vote fraud, all because they wanted to keep up engagement and profits. so ask yours this. is it alarmist to suggest that our democracy is at risk, or are we really staring at the abyss? whatever side of the political divide you're on on that issue, getting to the bottom of mr. trump's actions on or around january 6th will give us all more clarity on how close we actually came to the shredding of our constitution and how close we could come again. >> i never conceded. >> donald trump in iowa last night, doubling down on the lie he won the election after a week of playing down the january 6th riot he incited. >> first of all, he didn't get re-elected. forget that. no reason to concede. >>

white house counsel pat ci top officials would all resign if mr. trump rosen, calling it a murder-suicide pact. the former president abandoned the idea. >> this moment was spine- tinglingly, chillingly close to shredding the constitution. >> reporter: republican chuck grassley, who is expected to rally with mr. trump in iowa this weekend, defended the former president. >> he decided not to do it, and it was the right decision. >> reporter: mr. trump is not relenting, declaring the real insurrection happened on november 3, the presidential election, not on january 6. and his former vice president, mike pence, is downplaying the violence that day, even though some rioters vowed to hang him. >> well, the media wants to distract from the biden administration's failed agenda by focusing on one day in january. >> reporter: the former president is now demanding his top aides refuse to cooperate with the investigation into the attack. subpoenaed documents are due by midnight. >> we're going to use all united stacongress, up toe and including a referral for >> re

mr. trump endorsed youngkin but has not campaigned with him. mcauliffe is trying to link youngkin to the former president and it's working on some early voters. >> why did you vote for terry mcauliffe? >> because i'm supporting the democrats this year. i didn't even look at the republican candidate because of the last four years honestly. >> reporter: but youngkin has gained ground by running attack ads highlighting this controversial mcauliffe comment, which mcauliffe insists was taken out of context. >> i don't think parents should be telling schools what they should teach. >> reporter: a strategy that could be resonating in the all-important suburbs, which mr. trump lost in 2020. >> i'm going to vote for youngkin i think, like, you know, with these school board meetings and everything like that, i just like -- everything's in chaos. >> reporter: and tonight there are still voters who are undecided, including democrat christina davis. do you know who you're going to vote for for virginia governor? >> i have no idea. i'm still up and down and

mr. trump is expected to record the deposition at trump tower. his testimony will be played for a jury if the case proceeds to trial. >>> meantime, one of mr. trump's closest allies could face criminal contempt charges. steve bannon defied a subpoena in the january 6th capitol riot the house committee looking into the attack will vote next week on whether to recommend the charges. nikole killion reports. >> reporter: former white house chief strategist steve bannon was a no show to on capitol hill, skipping his scheduled deposition before the house select committee investigating the january 6th attack. >> as much as they hate trump, as much as they hate me, as much as they hate all these other folks, they fear you. >> reporter: just a day earlier, bannon addressed this virginia rally. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag -- >> reporter: where supporters pledged allegiance to a flag that was allegedly carried during the riot. bannon was urged not to cooperate by forormer president trump and in a l

called grisham deceitful and trouble, adding she's manipulating and distorting the truth about mrs. trumprmer president trump's team wrote -- stephanie didn't have what it takes, and that was obvious from the beginning. now she gets paid by a radical left leaning publisher to say bad and untrue things. >> what do you hold yourself accountable for? >> so many things. i wish i would have spoken out more about covid. i wish i would have told him he needs to wear >> reporter: but grisham continued to workst the to th end of the capitol riots. so january 6, you say in the book was the straw that broke the camel's back, and you describe a first lady obsessing over carpets and a photo shoot, while people were storming the capitol. >> yes. >> reporter: she said she pleaded with the first lady to speak out against the violence. >> she just said no. and i sent an email, i think, about 45 minutes later resigning. my phone was cut off, and i've never talked to any of them again. >> reporter: she's now living in rural kansas, thousands of miles from the nation's capital. >> what should america know ab

um, it's well known that mr. trump has given quite a number of depositions, and has testified over the years in a variety of matters. so in some respects, this is nothing new. um, but at the same time, this is the first time that this has happened. this is the first time that donald trump has been under oath, again, since taking the office of the presidency. >> so, four and a half hours is a lot of time. and so, let me just ask you what was his demeanor like? and i know you were recording it, obviously, because it could play in front of a jury. did his demeanor change when the camera was on or off? what can you tell us? >> well, there are a number of video depositions of donald trump that are available. you can google them. they're on youtube. >> yep. >> and he was not dissimilar to the sort of -- um -- i would say behavior and mannerisms as you see in those videos. nevertheless, mr. trump did answer the questions that were asked. there were a handful of questions that we will have to seek a ruling from the court on bu

in iowa this weekend, defended the former pren>> he a right decision. >> reporter: mr. trump is not relenting, declaring "the real insurrection happened on november 3rd, the presidential election, not on january 6th." and his former vice president mike pence is downplaying the violence that day even though some rioters vowed to hang him. >> the media wants to distract from the biden administration's failed agenda by focusing on one day in january. >> reporter: the former president is now demanding his top aides refuse to cooperate with the investigation into the attack. subpoenaed documents are due by midnight. >> we're going to use all the tools available to the united states congress, up to and including a referral for criminal prosecution. >> reporter: and tonight the committee investigating january 6th has issued new subpoenas, these to organizers of a "stop the steal" rally that took place here on capitol grounds that day. we have also learned the committee plans to meet with facebook whistleblower frances haugen. %-p. >>> well, in alabama tonight at least four people ar

mr. trump's conduct around january 6th, and they actually raised another issue here. that is mr. going to run for president helps fend off the prosecutors. it is a political argument. when he says "this is a witch hunt," that's going to make every prosecutor and every attorney general think twice or three times before moving ahead. >> it's a political impact, not a legal disqualification for a criminal investigation, correct? >> that's right. there is certainly nothing to prevent any prosecutor, including the attorney general of the united states, merrick garland, from investigating a former president. technically, donald trump is just a retired guy living in florida, but every time he says i , "i'm thinking about running for president," the democrats know that. this is a witch hunt. this is trumped up by nancy pelosi and my political adversaries. that is kind of a brush back pitch that tells me, "if you want to tangle with mr. trump, you're in for a lot of political trouble, not just legal trouble." >> we'll put up on the screen some of the different investigations that are goin

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mr. bannon, who worked at the white house in the early months of the trump presidency, was claiming executivevilege to avoid appearing before the committee. a vote by the full house to hold mr. bannon in contempt could come later this week, requiring a simple majority. >> the select committee to investigate the attack on the capitol welcome to order. the select committee is meeting this evening to consider a report on a resolution recommending the house find stephen kay bannon and contempt of congress for refusal to comply with the subpoena issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. without objection, the chair is authorized to declare the committee in recess. i recognize myself for opening statements. let me start by saying it gives me no joy that i was forced to call this meeting. my colleagues feel the same way i think. the expectation of this committee is that all witnesses will cooperate with our investigation. witnesses who have been subpoenaed have a legal obligation to do so. when you think about what we are investigating, our atta

mr. trump, the report says, only backed down after rosen, his deputy, even a top white house lawyer all threatened mass resignation. a house committee wants to learn more, but the former president's allies, lester, say they will not cooperate. >> peter, thank you. in just 60 seconds, did bullying play a role in the shooting in texas. what the suspect's family is saying >>> and 18 former nba players indicted in an alleged scheme worth millions >>> breaking news tonight in texas where that 18-year-old student accused of shooting three people in his high school has now been released on bond. this comes as police confirm the identity of the two teens seen in a video fighting before the shooting sam brock has details. >> reporter: tonight timothy simpkins is out on bond a day after police say he perpetrated a school shooting that left a 15-year-old in critical condition >> do you have anything to say? >> reporter: among the many tragedies unfolding is the fear students are now carrying to class. >>

. >>> -- mr. trump requests the national archives to not release documents regarding his activities on january 6th. federal law alaws former presidents to ask sitting presidents to withhold documents created during previous administrations. former president trump says he has executive privilege over those documents. but the biden administration says not letting congress see the documents is not in the best interest of the country. mr. trump's next step could be filing a lawsuit against the archives. but experts say he face as long legal battle. >>> conflicting numbers have former president trump in trouble with the house committee. members of the oversight and reform committee say his washington, d.c. hotel lost more than $70 million while trump was president. despite $3.7 million in payments from foreign governments. the trump organization filed papers claiming the former u.s. post office brought in $150 million in profits. the committee is accusing him of filing misleading public disclosures about the

back in july mr. trump sued twuter to get his account restored but told the miami federal judge but today a judge said the lawsuit must be heard here in northern california. the judge rejected mr. trump's claim that because the twitter account was suspended during the last days of president, the requirement to file lawsuits again twitter in california where it's based didn't apply to him. twitter banned trump from the platform two days after the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. >> it looks like president biden's build back better bill is not going include a major expansion of medicare. with key norz saying the bill is too expensive, coverage may be sacrificed. the holdup hinges on two moderate democrats. sinema is balking at how much money is needed. senator sinema scrapped the first idea to raise taxes on corporations. she is requiring a minimum tax on corporations with a bouillon dollars in profit. also on the table, a proposed tax on the assets of individual billionaires. >> i believe that highest

mr. trump's secure duuuid -- security agent interfered and attacked our guys.worked for them for 18 years. he admires their performance and authorizes everything they do and in every possible way he sanctions what they do and that makes him responsible for the authorized agents just to put it in context was a direct effort to interfere with public demonstration by people who were concerned about what was wrong with the campaign. >> listen, we know his history of litigation. he likes to drag things through the court and likes to do it politically but he can be e evasive and can struggle to tell the truth this is from 2015. watch this. >> you said you have one of the best memories in the world. >> i use that expression. >> yes. >> i can play a video of you -- >> did i say i have a great memory or one of the best in the world? >> one of the best in the world you were quoted as saying. >> i don't remember that, okay? as good as my memory is, i don't remember that but i have a good memory. >> so you don't remember saying you have one of the best memories in the worl

>> reporter: well, margaret, late today, mr. trump blastedly the biden administration saying democrats are drunk on power help his lawyers had sought to block the release of these trump-era white house documents that pertain to the former president's false claims of election fraud in the runup to january 6. we have also learned that former white house chief of staff mark meadows does appear to be engaging with the house committee investigating january 6. but former white house adviser, steve bannon's lawyers say following mr. trump's claim of executive privilege, bannon will not comply with his subpoena. the committee says it is considering holding bannon in contempt of congress. margaret. >> brennan: we also learned today from the house oversight committee that the building behind you, want former president's hotel, was bringing in millions of dollars, but it wasn't actually turning a profit. what do the numbers actually show? >> reporter: well, according to these documents, while the former president said during his presidency he ma

mr. trump's security agents interfered and basically attacked our guys.ng here is that these security agents have worked for trump for 18 years at the time. he admires their performance. he authorizes what they do. and in every possible way he sanctions what they do. and that makes him responsible legally for the conduct of his authorized agents, which just to put it in context was a direct effort to interfere with a public demonstration by people who were concerned about what was wrong with the campaign. >> listen, we know his history of litigation. he likes to drag things through the court. he's doing it now politically. he used to do it in business and his personal life, right? but he can be evasive and struggles to tell the truth. i just want your reaction to a previous deposition. this is from a previous case. this is 2015. watch this. >> you say you have one of the best memories in the world. >> did i use that expression? >> yes. >> where? could i see? >> i can play you a video of a reporter -- >> did i say i have a great memory or one of the best i

mr. bannon's attorney said they needed time to "assess the select committee's request in light of the litigation of former president trump and the district of columbia district court yesterday." the former president lawsuit is immaterial for mr. bannon's defiance of our lawful subpoena. i made that clear in a letter to mr. costello this morning. without objections, my letter is on the record. furthermore, white house yesterday issued a letter to mr. bannon's attorney, stating "we are not aware of any basis for your clients refusal to appear for a deposition." before the select committee, pres. biden has already determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the public interest and therefore is not justified with respect to certain subjects within the purview of the select committee. without objection, i include the full white house letter in the record. this amendment and the nature of substitute updates the report to reflect these developments, and it is now even clearer mr. bannon has no longer -- not to comply with our cepeda good. those in favor say i. those opposed say no. in the opinion of the chair,

. >> well, look, mr. trump says that he has nothing to hide about january 6th. mr. about what happens on january 6th. he's doing that openly in his rallies. if he's proud of what happened on january 6th, he should also be proud to disclose the details of what happened on january 6th. i don't see any reason, i don't see why it could maintain the pose that everything was fine and dandy and at the same time invoke this imaginary executive privilege to people who were not on his staff at a time when he's no longer president. >> what are your thoughts about the prospect of former president trump being reelected, whether it be by challenging the outcome and winning in his challenge or whether he were to be voted in outright. what would be your concerns? >> i mean, my concern is less about a person, and more about a procedure. my concern is that by bringing the big lie into the system, mr. trump prepares the way for himself or for someone else in 2024 or in the future to win without winning. he creates a situation where it's legitimate to ignore vote counts because we're s

that is a pretty strong statement to make for joe biden had any similarity to mr. trump. do you still stand, not you, but does the french government stand by that statement? >> it was the reaction after something which should not have happened between the allies, it doesn't mean that we didn't welcome some decisions taken by this administration for instance coming back the very first day to the paris climate decisions. but this time really it was a shock, not to have any consultations. so you can understand the reactions we had. now we try to overcome the two countries. we try to decide to rebuild this on a very solid base. >> let me just play devils advocate for a moment here, you talked about the situation in the specific, and certainly a country like australia, the security arrangement in considerations it has. just from a very black and white perspective, why wouldn't australia buy america new colors numbering's when they see china doing what it is doing in places like taiwan? from an australian perspective again, china is a greater threat, so doesn't it make sense fo

i had already told mrs. trumpfter i blurted it out to the president, which i never intended to do ever, i write about the situation in the book, but, mrs. trump told me she was glad i had told him and that gave me some hope, stupidly, that maybe something was going to happen. so the endorsement really, it kicked me in the teeth. that was a really, really tough one based on what happened. >> you also are pretty brutal in writing about jared kushner and ivanka trump. the nicknames you and others in the white house have for them. the interns and how melania trump referred to ivanka as the princess. why do you think they were in the white house? why do you think they were doing what they were doing because you don't describe them as having accomplished a whole great deal other than jared kushner pushing forward criminal justice reform, which the president apparently hated that jared made him do. but do they just like the proximity to power? what exactly was their purpose, do you think? >> much like -- this is how the

mr. defazio, myself, speaker, other leaders went down and met with president trump. and mr. defazio was talking about $1 trillion that the president talked about. he really thought it was probably more needed but he's been talking about -- the president said, dismiss that. that's too little. it's not enough. we need at least $2 trillion. president trump. 2019. # what we have before us today, mr. speaker, is a product that reflects the needs of our economy. an infrastructure system in dire need of upgrade and expansion. and addresses some but by no means all of the realities of the climate crisis we face. in fact, a bill which did a much better job passed this house led by mr. defazio. unfortunately, it was not subject to conference. which is what the process ought to be. however this bill will enable our businesses to seize on the opportunities presented by those challenges and to create millions of good new jobs in the process. i thank mr. defazio for his leadership and advocacy. we have before us legislation that lynn vest more than $1 trillion in transportation networks.

mr. trump's followers in arizona. >> november 19th, 2020, mr. logan tweeted, dominion servers in german were grabbed by the good guys in germany. unquote, dominion makes election series. >> and mr. logan was referring to the theory that the u.s. military seized dominion servers in europe following the election. mr. becker, were deminion dominion servers seized in former after the election. >> there's little to support, including the idea there were dominion servers in germany. >> according to usa today, the u.s. army denied such a raid and companies didn't have servers in germany, unquote. the week before january 6th, mr. logan prepared a document for the recently sanctioned trump lawyer sidney powell who want today object to the certification of the election. the claim was that dominion's core software, originates from intellectual property from maddock founded in communist venezuela with links to chavez, unquote. mr. becker, you're an expert in this field and have studied elections, are you aware of any evidence to suggest that dominion's core

mr. logan has publicly espoused them. is this the trump loyalist that the stat believed of the evaluate person for the job it is clear their goal was not to conduct an honest audit. if mr. logan were here today we would ask him whether he still believes these spurs theories. we would also ask how he could conduct a fair and impartial audit when he is already made up husband mind on the basis of debunked internet conspiracy theories. we can't ask these kwaes because mr. logan declined this committee's invitation to defend husband work. i yield back. >> thank you. before we close i want to offer mr. diggs an opportunity to offer new closing remarks. you are now recognized. >> thank you, madam chair. i have to know how long you are going to give me. my flight doesn't leave for a couple hours. thanks, i appreciate it. i agree with so much of what colleagues on my side have been saying that this is an unnecessary encroachment into arizona's travails if i can put it that way over the audit and our election system. the constitution leaves that to

mr. trump's loyal followers in arizona. i would like to walk through a little of that history right now. on november 19, 2020, mr. logan tweeted, quote, dominion servers in german were grabbed by the good guys in germany, unquote. dominion as a company that makes election servers. mr. logan was apparently referring to the theory spread by gateway pundit as well as convicted felon and former trump aide george pappadopoulos. were servers seized in germany after the election? >> there is zero evidence to support any part of that allegation including the idea that there were dominion servers in germany at any time. >> "usa today" and reuters all fact checked this claim and rated it false, they didn't even have servers in germany, unquote. mr. logan prepared a document for the recently sanctioned trump lawyer sidney powell to help republicans who wanted to object to the election. it said that dominion core software originated from a company, quote, founded in communist venezuelan with links to hugo chavez. mr. becker, you are an

mr. bannon's attorney said they needed time to, quote, assess the select committee's request in light of litigation filed by former-president trumpof columbia district court yesterday. however, the former president's lawsuit is immaterial to mr. bannon's defiance of our lawful subpoena. i made that clear in a letter to mr. costello this morning. without objections, my full letter is in the record. furthermore, white house yesterday issued a letter to mr. bannon's attorney stating, quote, we are not aware of any basis for your client's refusal to appear for a deposition, end quote. the select committee further said, quote, president biden has already determined that an assertion of executive privilege is not in the public interest and, therefore, is not justified with respect to certain subjects within the purview of the select committee, end quote. without objection, i include the full white house letter in the record. this amendment and the nature of a substitute updates the report to reflect these developments. and it's now even clearer that mr. bannon has no lawful grounds not to comply with our subpoena. if there is no furthe

it appears that mr. trump has 2024 on his mind. but at the same time, the first draft of history on trump's tumultuous term as president is being written. and many of the firsthand accounts of his time in office paint a picture of a man unfit to serve at the time or in the future. joining me now is former white house aide during the trump administration, omarosa manigualt newman. omarosa, i want to start with the lawsuit. you recently won against the former president. in 2018, the trump campaign filed a case against you for your book titled "unhinged" saying it violated an nda you previously signed. you also released audio recordings to support the facts about the trump white house and family that you detail in your book. tell me what does this victory mean to you? >> you know, rev, thank you so much for having me on and happy birthday to you. >> thank you. >> it's been a long three-year journey in this case with donald trump, and the bottom line is he was going after me for revenge. why else would he spend $3.7 million trying to si

to answer questions, and conducted himself in a manner that you would expect mr. trump. tom, you've been following this. obviously we just heard from the attorneys there, but you've been listening in. what were you able to learn about how things went today? >> because this was behind closed doors in the trump boardroom, and as glen victor said, where this incident allegedly occurred in 2015, it was all behind closed doors. we might one day see the president testifying, as he did here today, if this case goes to trial, if it goes to jury trial. it could also potentially be included in lots of motions, but we don't have any word at this point what -- just based on the files that are public record, just establishing that these guards worked for him, that there was a personal effort here, or that they worked for him personally as the owner and as the ceo of the trump organization. so i think that's what attorneys were really hoping to solidify here, because that might tie trump to any potential punitive damages, which is where it could get really costly for the former presi

trying to rehabilitate her tarnished reputation by manipulating and distorting the truth about mrs. trump. ms. grisham is a deceitful and troubled individual who doesn't deserve anyone's trust. >> i -- i expected that. i expect more. this is right out of their playbook. when they don't like the message, they're going to destroy the messenger. i know. i was part of doing that sometimes. so i don't -- i mean, i know that she's not denying anything fully in the book, just yet. i think she knows that i have a lot of receipts to show that, yeah, i'm being fully honest. so i -- i expected that. and i'm sure that there will be more to come. probably a lawsuit or two or three or four. >> was it a mistake to work for president trump? >> yes. >> why'd you do it? >> like i said, in the beginning, watching how people reacted to him and i do believe he gave voice to a lot of people who did feel forgotten. but i think that many of us, myself included, got into that white house and got heady with power. and became really -- we didn't think about serving the country anymore. it was about surviving in the

trump. we believe mr. bannon has information relevant to our probe and we'll use the tools at our disposal to get that information. i expect that the house will quickly adopt this referral through the justice department and that the u.s. attorney will do his duty and prosecute mr. bannon for criminal contempt of congress. >> is that the u.s. attorney's duty? >> technically, yes. in reality, though, the u.s. attorney will always use its discretion because it needs to be able to go to court and prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. and i think it's very important to understand the difference between congress saying that you are in temp of congress and charging someone with the crime of being in contempt of congress. and that's this what we've talked about a lot. the intent element. you must be able to demonstrate that steven bannon had no plausible or reasonable belief that he did not need to appear and you could make an argument, certainly you and rachel talked about this. there is no good legal argumen

we know that mr. trump never accepted the results of the 2020 presidential elections despite the fact that joe biden beat him by more than 7 million votes, 306 to 232 in the electoral college. donald trump moved quickly to try to write out the state election officials, and they were the first line of defense to democracy. people like sec. of state brad raffensperger in georgia who refused to participate in donald trump's election fraud, refusing to find 11,000 votes that donald trump said was all he needed in order to overturn the salt in the state. there were election officials across the country who repudiated donald trump's claims of corruption and fraud. in fact, his own homeland security department to clear the 2020 election the most secure in american history. then he went to court, and 61 federal and state courts in the land, from the lowest courts in the land, county district courts, federal district courts, all the way to the supreme court, definitively, meticulously, and comprehensively refuted an

we know that mr. trump never accepted the results of the 2020 presidential election despite the fact that joe biden beat him by more than 7 million votes and by a margin of 306-232 in the electoral college, a margin incidentally that mr. trump declared a landslide when he beat hillary clinton by the exact same amount. donald trump moved quickly to try to brash out the state election officials. and they were the first line of defense of the democracy. people like brad raffensperger in georgia who refused to participate in donald trump's election fraud, refusing to find just 11,781 votes that donald trump said was all he needed in order to overturn the lawful results in the state. but there were election officials across the country who refuted and repudiated donald trump's claims of corruption and claim. and in fact trump's own homeland security department declared the 2020 election the most secure in american history. so, then he went to court and 61 federal and state courts in the land, from the lowest cou

mr. trump has urged his top aides not to cooperate. something the committee says reveals volumes. >> they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january 6th. >> reporter: tomorrow the full house will vote on whether to send the resolution to the justice department which could then decide to pursue criminal charges against bannon. maryland democrat jamie raskin says other trump aides are working with the committee. >> a lot of people want to come forward and feel terrible about the role that they played. >> reporter: former president trump filed a lawsuit to stop the release of key documents, but president biden waived that executive privilege. those documents could be released as soon as next month. the panel has subpoenaed more than a dozen people including former white house chief of staff mamark meadows. some of them are already turning over documents and giving testimony. anne-marie? >> all right, laura podesta in new york. thank you so much, laura. >>> millions of americans could soon