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Mastriano did not answer any questions. the meeting only lasted about 15 minutes. joining me msnbc national reporter sahor kapur. >> reporter: he left less than 15 minutes after the dispute of the terms of the arrangement, the committee, mastriano and the attorney did not agree on it. notably, one thing that mastriano seems to have learned you don't blow the committee off. that's how you get a contempt charge, and bannon did that. on pompeo, he's expected to appear virtually before the committee. and details are shrouded in mystery, unlike mastriano, pompeo was not subpoenaed. it's come by tha...

Satisfying, it undermines congress has power to subpoena witnesses, but they looked at two sets of defendants, and targets, differently when it came to executive privilege. we had bannon and navarro with laughable privilege claims. bannon is not even in the executive branch. navarro blabbed about it in his a book and media interviews. meadows and scavino, as chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, we're in the circle. they relied on the claims. even if they were ultimately wrong, as they appear to have been in this case, they have to show that a contempt charge was done willfully. you have t...

I'm in an untenable position. >> reporter: trump's former trade adviser claiming he was handcuffed at an airport gate on his way to nashville for refusing to comply with the house committee investigating the january 6th insurrection. navarro was part of trump's inner circle that pushed false claims about the 2020 election, even writing a book detailing his plan to overturn an election trump lost. lawmakers wanted him to turn over documents and testify. he refused, claiming his hands were tied, citing executive privilege. overnight, the 72-year-old telling msnbc he was worried about prison. >> ...

Subpoena issued by the january 6th committee. chad pergram is on capitol hill. so, chad, what are we learning about this indictment? >> chad: navarro is charged with as you say two counts of contempt of congress. he did not comply with a subpoena to testify before the committee investigating last year's riot. navarro appears in federal court later today. >> if i were to go to prison for a year, which is what the contempt charge could do to me, that would be about a fourth of my remaining life and a fine would take a significant portion of my retirement savings. i'm taking this very seriously b...

Touch repeatedly with trump as he tried to help him over turn the election and he is seen as key to the ecocommittee investigation. it's unclear if he pled the fifth today. he is facing a contempt charge and his level of cooperation will play a big role in the committee's next steps. it wasn't clear if he would show up today. >> he is a critical first hand fact witness, and he's been delaying the fact he showed up as you point out. the committee was not sure that would happen. they have been holding him in