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House on or in the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection. they have been asked to appear for depositions and turn over documents in mid october. today the committee sent a letter to each, one two former trump chief of staff mark meadows reported that he was quote, engaged in multiple elements of the planning and preparation of efforts to contest the election. and to delay the counting of electoral votes. the letter to former trump aide dan scavino, says he was, quote, with the former president on january 5th, when he and others were considering how to convince members of congress not...

Court and file a lawsuit. or president trump's ability to file a lawsuit. ultimately, i think congress will get the way this is they want in the documents they want. because this is clearly within their power. especially, if the current white house waves executive privilege. i think trump and his associates can further wave things -- >> can he legitimately claim executive privilege, barbara? >> i think ultimately he cannot. i think ultimately it will be the decision of the biden white house. but i think he can do enough to file a lawsuit and the courts and wait for that to get litigated. so i ...

With the white house on or in the days leading up to the january 6th insurrection. they have been asked to turn over documents and appear for depositions in mid october. today, the committee sent a letter to each. the one to former trump chief of staff mark meadows said it was reported that he was, quote, engaged in multiple elements of the planning and preparation of efforts to contest the presidential election and delay the counting of electoral votes. the letter former trump aide dan skavino says he was, quote, with the former president on january 5th when he and others were considering how...

And responding to the attack on the u.s. capitol. the letter to one time trump strategiest says he was quote, described with communications on then president trump december 30th, 2020, urging him to plan for and focus his efforts on january 6th. you are quoted as stating on january 5th, 2021, that all hell is going to break lose tomorrow. tonight, trump issued a lengthy statement reacting to the subpoenas, which read in part, quote, we will fight the subpoenas on executive privilege and other grounds. there's also new reporting tonight from "the washington post" that the biden white house is, ...

And so we have to be creative. we have to find out other ways that we can push this agenda forward outside of the system as well. >> maxwell alejandro frost, thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you so much. and folks can hear more about us at frost for congress.com. thanks, lawrence. >> maxwell alejandro frost gets his first word not the last word. it will not be his last word on "the last word." "the 11th hour with brain williams starts right now. ♪♪ good evening once again i'm chris jansing in for brian williams. day 247 of the biden administratio...