workings tomorrow and the role that it played in the effort toover turn the election. just to give a historical precedence to this group and how they have kind of radicalized. i was the propagandist for the oath keepers. committee members believe they can connect the dots between donald trump s inner circle and the oath keepers. the justice department detailing new evidence of militia trainings, of explosives and also a death list ahead of the insurrection, which highlights the threat and extensive planning by these groups as they prepared to bring violence to the nation s capitol. and an abrupt about face steve bannon suddenly saying he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee. this after the former president sent a letter waiving executive privilege. the committee and many legal experts believe no privilege existed in this case anyway, and considering the timing bannon is set to face trial on criminal contempt charges after denying the congressional subp
state department is rejecting steve bannon s sudden willingness to testify before the january 6th committee days before his criminal contempt trial is set to begin. bannon produced a letter from donald trump, trump saying he is waiving executive privilege so bannon can testify. here s the thing, the committee and most legal analysts say no privilege existed in this case to begin with. what s more, federal prosecutors argue, trump never invoked executive privilege here. so, this doj court filing also reveals that former president trump s attorney justin clark was interviewed by fbi investigators two weeks ago. let s go to washington, whitney wild is there for the latest on what we can expect in the committee hearing tomorrow. the oath keepers front and center. absolutely. this will be a very robust hearing and this hearing will focus on how the violent mob came together and the role of extremist groups in that deadly insurrection. to connect trump allies to militia groups, s
as the oath keepers. a new court filing is revealing the extensive planning of the far right malitia group, including a death list and attempts to obtain weapons ahead of january 6th. also today, former trump strategist steve bannon having a sudden change of heart. he faces possible jail time and now just days before his contempt trial, he says he is willing to testify before the january 6th committee after all. let s start with cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles. what are investigators hoping to reveal to the public during tomorrow s hearing? reporter: i think it s twofold. first, they want to make it clear those right wing extremist groups that came to the capitol on january 6th, the oath keepers, the proud boys, they came here with a specific intent, and that was to cause chaos and even use violence if it meant accomplishing their goals. and they re going to show that there was premeditation here to basically establish the fact that what happened on january 6th
to the violence that occurred here that day. we ve already seen this committee detail how donald trump pressured all aspects of the government to try to overturn the electoral results, the justice department, state officials, vice president mike pence. for tomorrow at the hearing they plan to show the oath keepers, and proud boys to take action and lead to the violence we saw in this building on january 6th. we will hear live testimony from one former member of the oath keepers, a former spokesperson, jason van patenhove someone he said had a lot of inside information, according to what he told a colorado tv station, said he had inside access to the oath keepers. we ll learn about that, and we ll also learn about a meeting that occurred mid-december, december 18th. jamie raskin, the congressman from maryland plans to lead the questioning tomorrow, says it will be a key focus of the hearing tomorrow. one of the things that people are going to learn is the fundamental importa
government circles, to overturn the election. one witness we are expecting to hear from is a former spokesman for the oathkeepers. that is the group that we now know brought explosives to the dc area ahead of january 6th, according to the justice department. one person we won t hear from tomorrow, trump allies steve bannon. days before he goes on trial for stonewalling the select committee, bannon now says he will testify. prosecutors say this last minute 180 won t get him out of next week s trial. we will have the latest on that case in just a moment. first, let s go to ryan nobles on capitol hill. how is the committee planning to show links between trans allies and the 60 myst groups tomorrow? that is a great bastion. it will probably come through closed-door witness testimony which we have already seen the committee display over the past few weeks in these public hearings. we know the committee has spoken to a lot of people inside and outside the white house who knew a