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good afternoon. im yasmin vossoughian. we have major news developments in the capitol riot investigation. this is including the publics first look at a documentary at the center of a subpoena of the january six committee. >> can we talk for minute about january six? >> yeah. >> you said before you did want to talk about the capitol insurrection. >> yeah, lets get the sixth. >> so whats trump and his children would and would not say as you saw there about what happened on that fateful d...

The jury selection for a trial and his contempt of congress charge. the department of justice charge bannon with that at the house voted to hold him in contempt. this is very, as you said, interesting timing for this lighter. it opens the door for bannon to be with the january six house committee. as several number set on the shows today, they will welcome any and all testimony from bannon. the key though, they have to agree on the terms. i would like to read a portion from the letter that banno...

Ultimately, merrick garland. its not up to congress whether mark meadows gets charged criminally. its up to doj. if he gets charged, there is a federal crime for contempt of congress. it is less serious than a felony, but it is serious. the maximum penalty is 12 months in prison and a fine. there is a minimum of one month. you almost never see that with a misdemeanor. if mark meadowsconvicted, bannon, clark, they have to go to jail for one month. importantly, this does not compel testimony. this...

White house, the doj for documents on the initial decision here to charge bannon. so thats part of whats going on in a very real process. and if you think steve bannon sounds tough in his words when he does all his interviews. remember, hes not welcoming this thing, hes not running to court to prove his incense. hes seeking delays and losing those requests. so thats one thing. then we have news involving trump chief of staff mark meadows. there was talk he was buckling, indeed, his own side indi...

High. he was plotting a coup to take over the justice department, to take over the government, to basically wipe out the will of the american people in a free and fair election. i mean, this is really, really deadly serious stuff. and i dont think you can just decide, well, its just too political, lets dont look in the rearview mirror. i think you have to dig in. and i think -- and i am not kidding here. the idea that took them weeks to charge bannon, what excuse is there for that? the evidence ...

Serious stuff. and i dont think you can just decide well, its just too political. less the look in the rearview mirror. i think youve got to take in. and i think -- im not kidding here. the idea it took them weeks to charge bannon. wouldnt excuses that? all of the evidence was as plain is and those on my face. it was public evidence. so, the idea that it took so long to charge him is really a bad sign. >> senator claire mccaskill, thank you very much for joining us. really appreciate it. >> you ...

By the government of defrauding trump supporters and still facing up to 40 years in prison for fraud, bannon was saved by donald trumps pardon on his last day in office. but of course, that pardon did not cover bannons role in the insurrection. todays referral now goes to the department of justice, which will decide whether or not to charge bannon with criminal contempt. now for some historical context, the last time the department of justice prosecuted someone for contempt of congress was nearl...

Charge bannon will ultimately be up to the justice department and attorney general merrick garland. garland was on capitol hill today promising lawmakers that he would make that decision based solely on the law. cnns ryan nobles is on capitol hill, so ryan, explain what we will see this afternoon. >> reporter: well, what were going to see, victor and alisyn, is a pretty standard legislative process here. this particular resolution offering up a criminal contempt referral of steve bannon has alre...

Correspondent at politico, betsy. thank you so much for being bianna golodryga here this morning. what is your reporting that doj will, in fact, charge bannon if hes charged with contempt in the house? >> its hard to say. i think theres kind of an emerging view its very likely dj will charge him, but thats not a consensus, and, in fact, the justice department doesnt want to get involved in criminal proceedings if theres civil litigation that could resolve the matter. what we expect bannons team ...

Before the committee today has opened him up to criminal charges. as betty thompson said today, we reject his position entirely. the select committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas so, we must move forward with proceedings to refer mr. bannon for contempt. the committee will vote on that tuesday night. then once it passes the full house, it will go to the department of justice, which will decide whether or not to charge bannon criminally. thats where this becomes a critical test for...