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Without objection, i included my october 15th letter in the record as well as yesterday's letter from robert j. costello, mr. bannon's attorney. mr. bannon's attorney said they needed time to, quote, assess the select committee's request in light of litigation filed by former-president trump in the district of columbia district court yesterday. however, the former president's lawsuit is immaterial to mr. bannon's defiance of our lawful subpoena. i made that clear in a letter to mr. costello this morning. without objections, my full letter is in the record. furthermore, white house yesterday is...

Refused to appear, we have no choice but to seek consequences for mr. bannon's failure to comply. those consequences are not just important for this investigation. they are important for all congressional investigations. mr. bannon's and mr. trump's privilege arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing. they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january 6th. and this committee will get to the bottom that have. of that. let me add one further thought principally for my republican colleagues. we all agree that america is the greatest nation o...

And it's just not clear at this point based on our reporting what exactly he is going to do. but we know he is under considerable political pressure. late-last week, president biden weighed in saying he believes, yes, biden should -- bannon should be prosecuted. but the justice department has pushed back on that. the justice department is, of course, supposed to be independent and they say this -- they will make this decision independently based on the law and the facts. >> all right. paula, thank you very much. and i want to go now to laura coates, former-federal prosecutor, norm eisen who se...

Change this at all in terms of do you think they'll be successful at getting more delays because of trump's lawsuit? >> the -- the committee should have denied his request because remember when you get a subpoena, you have an assertion of privilege if it's valid, you have got to prove it. but it doesn't mean you can't show up and answer questions that might be responsive to things to which the privilege would never attach. remember, some of the categories of information that this select committee is asking for are the podcasts, themselves. are conversations i believe with right-wing media i th...

Our decision makers is also a direct attack on livelihoods. >> well, erin, there -- there are cheaper energy sources and coal has, quite frankly, become very expensive. that means extremely high electric bills for people in west virginia. and that women in the piece there whot said let it flood, that is an example of the commitment to coal in the face of climate change. she said this is because historically, coal has provided jobs for the state. but the reality is that the industry is really just shedding jobs due to automation. it's a dying industry. and when we reached out to senator manchin...