the house recommend charges for mark meadows who is now suing the committee. >> this is about donald trump and about actually going after him once again. >> reporter: despite meadows' work to curry favor with trump, a source tells cnn their relationship has been strained, both from embarrassing revelations in his book and fallout from documents he gave the select committee before he stopped cooperating. >> if you think they're going to give you your country back without a fight, you are sadly mistaken. >> reporter: trump ally steve bannon was charged with criminal kentucky congress after defying a committee subpoena. he pleaded not guilty and appears to be wearing his resistance as a badge of owner. >> i have a previous engagement that i can't get out of. peter -- >> that's an understatement. >> you'll hear me talking about -- >> reporter: his relationship with trump runs hot and cold, bannon is still clear about his loyalty. >> we're going to hit the beach. you have the landing teams and the beach teams, the