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That if you wanted to be loyal to him, you should probably just go out there and get the disease. right? like, that's how you show your loyalty to donald trump. don't hide in your house, get out there. get sick. mark meadows' loyalty to trump clearly continues to this day, and arguably the reason why he will likely be held in criminal contempt. he's certainly not the only trump ally who feels that way. steve bannon has already been particularlied with contempt of congress after he refused to comply with a subpoena from the committee. yesterday we learned bannon will not face trial in july, alt...

Flaw. >> may well be flawed, but to garrett's point, the reason he filed suit just to stretch out the proceedings. look, he's entitled to go to court, to ask a judge for a decision. i don't know that the lawsuit is meritorious. subpoenas tend to be quite broad. that part of the lawsuit strikes me as frivolous, but there's a non-frivolous question about a former president's residual executive privilege. i think the answer is that a former president doesn't have executive privilege, if a current president refuses to support it. as mr. biden has done. that said, it's legitimate, i believe, for mr...

Significant ruling and possibly goes right to that privilege call it really is, bret, it's a sweeping victory for the januare house. court was really strong on the decision about invoking executive privilege, even though proposition that a former president some degree of privilege that the incumbent president really is the influential figure here. privilege belongs to the executive branch personally. so it's a very high bar to try to prevent congress from getting information. and the courts was very persuaded congress this information because of the importance that the capitol riot. >> bret: a...

Mind even when he made that agreement there was a sense he was trying to split the difference. basically avoid a contempt charge but very few people were, they were skeptical he was really going to be totally forthcoming. what changed, to answer your question is, that he came out with a book. it was a book that said former president trump learned that mark meadows -- very much thought that trump was like and that was not the case. there were revelations in there -- trump had a positive -- joe biden -- trump was furious about. he was upset, told that meadows was beside himself, and after trump'...

Very well be charged with contempt of congress and what's interesting, garrett, is a little shade i picked up at the end of the statement from the select committee from the chairman benny thompson that the select committee if meadows doesn't show for a deposition tomorrow that's scheduled will be left with no choice but to advance contempt proceedings and recommend the body in which many meadows once served refer him for criminal prosecution, pointing out he is a former member of this body here, garrett. >> reporter: i think that's also poipth out perhaps mark meadows has to lose than steven b...