slow walk the process. after all, that s really worked for him. and it worked for him in impeachment, by stalling and not getting witnesses. it s worked for him with his taxes. and that s what bannon is counting on, that it will work for him, with the subpoena process. no, he s not going to win the argument. but yes, he s going to try to make it to slow the process down. eugene, was it regarded as pro forma or a big deal that biden decided the way he did on this tranche of documents? i think it was unsurprising. we expect as things move on that the biden administration is not likely to exert executive privilege for the former president and for his aides. but what they continue to say is, this is by a case-by-case basis. part of that is to make sure that when it s time for the biden administration to exert
legal battle trying to enforce that subpoena which is why congress always prefers to get the witnesses without going through the subpoena process. but it seems like adam schiff possibly learned his lesson about dealing with the trump side of the world and that it will take subpoenas. well, i think one of the lessons learned from the trump administration is that if you are going to use subpoenas eventually, you should serve them early. as you mentioned it can be a protracted process going through the courts. if the committee is serious about getting the documents in time to be able to use them to question witnesses, they should be serving the subpoenas at the front end. if they have to go to court to enforce them, they can do that sooner rather than later. yeah. and that seems to be what congressman schiavone is saying and that is probably a consensus of the committee at this point.
wherever it leads into whom it leads. i think once we are composed and we re getting close, we will be defining the scope and the order in the priority of our witnesses. and i don t want to get ahead of that process. do you expect to have to issue subpoenas? yes i do. we want to make sure for example when we request documents that we get all of them. then we do not have people withholding information because it s a voluntary request. so yes i think we are going to subpoena and we will do that early. and with witnesses i expect that some of them will be reluctant to testify and they will need to be compelled. that certainly my expectation. barbara, that s a big strategic points for any congressional committee. to subpoena or not to subpoena. if you subpoena, you run into the possibility of a protracted legal battle trying to enforce that subpoena. which is why congress always prefers to get the witnesses without going through the subpoena process. but it seems like adam shift,
he s scared of donald trump and the power he has and the political power he still retains. let me remind the viewers, brian, when the commission was initially proposed, the viis said we said we don t about a partisan committee. the democrats said you can have all the things you ask for, and the republicans said, no thank you. now they are getting a committee that will have subpoena power over which they have no say, and so they will regret it, and they will have liz cheney on there, and putting the law and her country first, and also will draw the line at real partisan behavior that could go on in the subpoena process. let me ask a quick follow-up, liz cheney, and kessinger, are
power he still retains. when this commission was initially proposed, republicans said, we don t want to partisan commission. we demand the following things including, the power to equal presentation on the committee and to subpoena witnesses. the democrats say, and you could have all the things you asked for, and the republican said, no thank you. now, what they are getting, is a committee that would have subpoena power, over which they have no say. they will regret this at the end of the day. they actually should be happy they have someone like liz cheney on their, who is doing her constitutional duty and putting the law and her country first. i think she would draw the line and some really partisan behavior, that could be going on the subpoena process. let me ask a quick follow-up. published cheney, and the aforementioned king zinger are the republicans that get democrats all excited, and fill