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They have their hands full with the infrastructure negotiations and with the voting rights vote that's happening in the senate tomorrow, but officials at the white house have said, and it's very clear that president biden sees january 6 as a deep stain in our democracy. he sees it as an extraordinary event that needs to be properly investigated. that's why you've seen president biden as well as white house officials be very clear that the president and the biden administration are waiting for these initial document requests, any sort of executive privilege claim the former president is making....

Subject of his contempt charge. he completely flouted not only his deposition, but all the documents, all the records, all the stuff that has nothing to do with the former president, he can't get around that stuff. there is no question he's going to lose on that part. >> by the way, planning an insurrection or foreign knowledge of an insurrection wouldn't be covered by executive privilege by any definition either, which is why i think liz cheney may have brought it up there. >> perhaps. she is sort of just dropped that bomb and left it there. and everybody else on the committee as far as i can...

Contempt charge to the department of justice. if they vote to do that, then this will land at the feet of the doj, and they'll have to decide whether or not to move forward, prosecuting steve bannon for defying the subpoena request. look, congress has the power to subpoena people and information. this is one of the only tools in the toolbox to actually make sure that they comply with that. what happens here is it's not even necessarily so much about the importance of prosecuting steve bannon but more about pressuring him into actually complying so that the committee can do the work they say th...

A national correspondent for bloomberg business week. those comments from liz cheney were direct, to put it mildly, that assessment. those are not words that one would say lightly. there's something behind that. i don't know if it's a motivation, but what do you think steve bannon is taking from that based on your experience? >> based on discussions i've had with him over the last couple of months, i don't think steve bannon is particularly bothered by those comments from liz cheney or anybody in the committee. he doesn't recognize its validity. he doesn't feel as though he's in a situation to...

Criminal contempt case against former trump adviser steve bannon. the committee sent a letter to bannon's attorney on friday informing him the pam had rejected his arguments for failing to cooperate with its investigation. bannon has argued he can't respond to a subpoena, but the panel, due to executive privilege. it also relates to criminal attempt to get bannon to comply with the subpoena. the report will be the subject of a committee meeting later this evening when the panel is expected to vote and to prove the contempt charge. it's possible the vote could be taken up by the full house as e...