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Its investigation. bannon has argued he can't respond to a subpoena but the panel due to executive privilege. the committee also released a criminal content detailing efforts 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 can be taken up by the full house as early as this week. it would then go to the justice department, so joe, the wheels are turning. >> they are. eugene robinson, you can't claim executive privilege if you were not wo...

Been held in contempt of congress. so that's something that would weigh in bannon's favor. on the other hand, he'll be looking at the purpose of this legislative committee, the select committee. they have a right to issue a subpoena if they're functioning in the course of what's called a legitimate legislative purpose, that is, they're investigating something that legislation can arise from. and if the attorney general decides that that happens to be the case, he may very well feel that he can support a contempt trial and a contempt charge against steve bannon. bannon would then face up to one...

We have channing phillips who i worked with for decades. he is also a very good strong prosecutor. the dcus attorney's office will be in good hands but joy, all of those names you just ran through, people that steve bannon can provide incriminating information about is what makes steve bannon a big ticket witness and if there is any good news with this criminal contempt referral and likely indictment of steve bannon, once the grand jury is invest gating steve bannon's criminal contempt, you know what else they have to investigate that goes along with every criminal investigation in the grand j...

Stonewall the committee will not succeed. >> we think steve bannon has information that's germane to what happened on january 6th. and if he refuses the subpoena, like we expect him to continue to do, then we're left with no other choice. there are other things available to us, but we think the criminal gets us to where we need to be in the shortest period of of time. >> thompson says the committee will vote to approve the contempt charge on tuesday. then comes a vote by the full house. if that passes, it goes to the justice department. it will be up to the attorney general merrick garland to ...

Who try to stonewall the committee will not succeed. >> we think, steve bannon, has information that's jermaine to what's happened on january six. and if he refuses the subpoena, like we expect him to continue to do, them were left with no other choice. there are other things available to us, but we think the criminal gets us to where we need to be, in the shortest period of time. >> thompson says the committee will vote to approve the contempt charge on tuesday. then comes the vote by the full house. if that passes, it goes to the justice department, it will be out to the attorney general mer...