i now call up the report on a resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannonongress for refusal to comply with a subpoena dually issued by the select committee to investigate the january-6th attack on the united states capitol. the report was circulated in advance, and printed copies are available. the clerk shall designate the report. >> report on a resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannon in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with the subpoena dually issued by the select committee to investigate the january-6th attack on the united states capitol. >> without objection, the report will be considered as read and open to amendments at any time. i will recognize myself for the purpose of offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute now at the desk. the clerk shall report the amendment. >> amendment and the nature of a substitute offered by mr. thompson of mississippi. >> without objection, amendment will be considered as read and considered base text for purposes of further amendment. i will now recognize mys

i now call up the report on a resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannony with a subpoena duly issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. a report was circulated in advance and printed copies are available. the clerk shall designate the report. >> report on a resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannon in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with the subpoena duly issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6th attack on the united states capitol. >> without objection, the report will be considered as read and opened to amendments at any time. i recognize myself for the purpose of offering an amendment in the nature of a substitute now at the desk. the clerk shall report the amendment. >> amendment in the nature of a substitute offered by mr. thompson of mississippi. >> without objection, the meant will be considered as read and considered base text of purposes of further amendment. i'll now recognize myself to explain the amendment. yesterday ev

117-152, report to accompany resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannon in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by a select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 727 the report is considered read. for what purpose does the gentleman from mississippi seek recognition? mr. thompson: by direction of the select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol, i call up house resolution 730 and ask for its immediate. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the resolution. the clerk: house resolution 730, resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannon in contempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena duly issued by the select committee to investigate the january 6 attack on the united states capitol. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 727, the resolution is considered read and shall be debatable for one hour equally divided amon

likely approving the resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannonempt of congress for refusal to comply with a subpoena. that is the quote. let's discuss now. cnn senior legal analyst is mr. preet ba rara, a former u.s. attorney. thank you for being here. >> good to be here. >> the committee says bannon's claims of executive privilege rely on no legal authority, that he was a private citizen during the time they want information for and trump hasn't even formally claimed executive privilege. so does bannon have any legal leg to stand on here? >> no, he really doesn't. and what's interesting is of all the people that have been subpoenaed steve bannon probably has the least footing on which to defy the subpoenas. and he's the one who's making the most dramatic statement saying he's not going to comply, he wasn't in the employ of the executive branch at the time that this conduct is being examined, and meanwhile some of the other folks have their time to appear and voluntarily comply extended including mark meadows and kash patel and others. steve bann

117-152, report to accompany resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven k. bannon in contempt of congress for refusal to comply

steven k. bannon. and instead of doing the right thing, the legal thing, the patriotic thing mr. bannon is hiding behind the president's false claims of executive privilege to try to run out the clock on this investigation. maybe he has something to hide, i don't know, but the law is not on his side or donald trump's side either. executive privilege is not absolute and president biden has declined to invoke that privilege. there's a long history of the white house making accommodations to investigative requests from congress. that's especially true when the public interest outweighs other interests as it does here. but apparently facts and the law don't matter to some. apparently steve bannon thinks he's above the law. maybe it's because he was pardoned by the former occupant of the white house. but ultimately in the united states of america, no one should be above the law. that shouldn't be a controversial idea, but we live in an age where apparently some put fidelity to donald trump over fidelity to the constitution and i find that disgusting. i get it, the former president is a

the committee is expected to move to refer bannon for criminal contempt likely approving the resolution recommending that the house of representatives find steven kbannon in contempt. that's the quote. let's discuss. a former u.s. attorney, prete, thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. >> they say bannon's claims of executive privilege say he was a private citizen during the information they wanted information for and trump hasn't claimed executive privilege. does bannon have a legal leg to stand on here? >> he really doesn't. what is interesting is of the people that have been subpoenaed, steve bannon probably has the least footing and he's the one who is making the most dramatic statement saying that he's not going to compile. he wasn't an employee of the executive branch to the time that this conduct is being examined. meanwhile, some of the other folks had their time to appear and to voluntarily compile extended including mark meadows and kash patel and others. steve bannon is a pretty extreme, dramatic guy. his lawyers say in his defense on three prior occasions with respect to investigations by the special counsel, he has testified b