actually really giving anything up and angering former president trump. the thing that has changed and is fascinating is mark meadows came out with a book. this is a book that he truly our reporting says he truly thought former president trump was going to love. of course that was a total misread of the situation. former president trump is furious with the book. meadows, we ve been told, is beside himself, trying to get back into trump s good graces. if you want to understand this sudden confusing about this, that is what you need to look at. john carl, another case of fealty to donald trump. let s talk about steve beat the clock bannon who was apparently trying to make his trial part of the midterm elections. absolutely. but here s the key thing about the bannon case. bannon is being prosecuted for failing to cooperate. the prosecutors, the judge has no power to compel him to comply
prize winning author with the washington post, jonathan carl, abc news, his most recent book betrayal: the final act of the trump show is in its second week as a new york times best seller, having made a lot of news, and claire mccaskill is with us, former democratic senator from the state of missouri. welcome to you all. ashley, i want to start with you and the reaction you re measuring to meadows pullback not thoroughly surprising, but it does follow his sharing of substantive, potentially, records and documents. that s right. and i think we actually talked about this on your show last week, that when he was planning on participating, it was a little unclear just how forthcoming he was going to be. he seemed to at that point try to thread the needle between basically not being held in contempt as bannon was, but not
meadows hold back. not thoroughly surprising, but it does follow his sharing of substantive potentially records and documents. that s right, and i think we actually talked about this on your show last week. when he was planning on participating, it was a little unclear just how i m forthcoming he was going to be. he seemed to at that point try and thread the needle between basically not being held in contempt as bannon was, but not actually giving anything up and anchoring former president trump. the things that have changed and that is fascinating, mark meadows came out with a book. this is a book that he truly, he truly thought the former president trump was going to love. of course that was a total misread of the situation. former president trump is furious with the book. meadows we have been told is
date in his case. and here s how this works, according to our friends at the washington post. quote, prosecutors proposed a one-day trial in april to answer what they suggested was an open-and-shut question of whether bannon was guilty. bannon s defense countered by asking for a ten-day trial in october, beginning just before next year s midterm congressional elections. that is what less fancy people call running out the clock. we ve also learned that trump adviser roger stone plans to plead the fifth when he goes before the committee. his lawyer confirmed that in a letter to the chairman. he s scheduled to give his deposition later this month. meanwhile at the white house, today was high-stakes videoconference day. the president laid out for vladimir putin what would happen if russia decided to invade ukraine. the two leaders through interprets speaking for about two hours. the kremlin has moved troops near the border with ukraine, raising fears of an offensive
communication as january 6th unfolded. he didn t assert some privilege about, that he sent it over to us. we would like to ask him questions about it, and it is ridiculous that he is now sending it to us and refusing to answer questions about it. on the right side for meadows, his new book is out today, you could read all about his time at the white house and his tails of being that close to power. so you might wonder, when the committee hold someone in contempt, what does that mean? well, it means a trial on july 1st even in. today a federal judge that the da in his case. here is how this works according to our friends at the washington post, quote, prosecutors proposed a one day trial in april to answer what they suggested was then open and shut question of whether bannon was guilty. man s defense countered by asking for a tender trial in october, beginning just before next year s midterm congressional elections. that is what s less fancy