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White house. they are deferring the request. theres a chance that they could come back to this and actually get those documents. these are the kinds of developments that show the committee is still working really at warp speed to collect and analyze this information for what we think is possibly an interim report in the summer with the possibility of a full report this fall. the committee is going to enter a new phase with plans for public hearings next year. as we move forward through next year...

Facts, give me those timelines and give me a jury. >> that -- she laid out an incredible set of things that i hope the committee is doing but what is the benefit of a time line like this. >> i have great respect for the former senator and i think much of what she described, the impeachment trial ultimately did did work in terms of compiling the timeline. i suspect that the committee is doing what she has described, putting together by virtual of the document request that they have gathered so fa...

You have been in the map room. you both have been in the map room. its where fdr tracked the progress of world war ii. they transformed it into an operations center for the campaign. and you see them looking distraught after first looking so happy, distraught as the election results start to turn sour. this points to the fact that there is a photographer there. the photographs belong to the u.s. taxpayers. they are part of the document request that congress has made, part of this fight over exec...

Of went over the top, according to the judge. they warned if the document request was not blocked, it would open the door to partisanship. the judge told him to dial down his rhetoric, especially as she and the lawyers for congress pointed out most of the documents being requested actually belong to the presidency, the office of the president, and not the individual himself. of course, trump is looking to block 700 pages. that includes records and working papers from his top advisors. it relates...

A right to withhold it. well, i dont think that is going to hold up. i think the judge sounds like she was trying to narrow the breadth of the inquiry or the request for documents a little bit but she is not buying that because this was a very unusual, if an insurrection isnt criminal it is certainly out of all boundaries of democracy. thats pretty hard privilege to claim you cant let the congress see that material. >> and the judge as you know called the january 6 committees document request al...

Raise which is that this has never been done before in history. by that, i am referring to the biden administrations decision to not assert privilege on behalf of the former executive, right? thats been the -- thats the precedent, as you point out. i mean, i am just randomly looking here at page 12 of the original document request. at the top, um, all documents and communications related to the mental stability of donald trump or his fitness for office. i raise that -- i dont know that -- this i...

Former chief of staff mark meadows and former adviser steve bannon to hold back any documents about the ex-presidents white house work and to refuse to testify about his official duties. the letter claims the committee is seeking materials that are covered by executive privilege as well as other privileges and that, quote, president trump is prepared to defend these fundamental privileges in court. nbc news did not receive an on-the-record response for comment from any of the lettered recipients...

Kash patel. theyre supposed to comply by the end of the day and provide documents and records. it seems they are not cooperating so far. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us live from capitol hill. so, the four are also supposed to appear before this committee for closed door depositions next week. where does all of this stand? >> reporter: well, all of it is very much in doubt, victor. as you point out, the committee is anticipating, even preparing for this group of four men not...

Steven ban non, and cash patel, they were subpoenaed. they have until tomorrow to comply with the document request and a deposition deadline next week. what does this mean for the committees investigation that they cant find one of the four? >> victor, it just really complicates the process and what is already expected to be a complicated process. the committee is already bracing for the fact that these four men will attempt to not comply with the subpoenas in general, so the fact that they cant...

Hill. cnn has now learned that the committee investigating the january-6th riot has not been able to serve a key subpoena to one of the people they want information from. cnn congressional correspondent ryan nobles joins us with the latest. >> anderson, we are talking about the former white house deputy chief of staff, dan scavino. and we have learned through multiple sources connected to the january-6th select committee, that they have been unable to formally serve scavino with the subpoena. no...