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televised hearings next week. ryan noble at the capitol with us for the very latest. what are two contempt charges he is facing . >> reporter: so these are reled to the defiance of the subpoena sent to him via the january 6th committee, one has to do with his refusal to hand over documents the committee is interested in as part of their investigation, the other is his refusal to sit in deposition for interview with the committee, both could result in serious jail time and a hefty fine, so far he has been defiant as he was pri was prior to the subpoena issued, he claimed he had execut...

Man is below the law. if you get a subpoena, you can't hide behind vague claims of privilege. nixon versus gsa, the mcgann case, executive privilege is limited to immediate white house advisors on government policy. b bannon is a private citizen. his claims can't shield his conversations in plotting with other private citizens. his status according to the cases doesn't get executive privilege protection. he has absolutely no immunity. america, what would happen if you received a subpoena from congress or a court? do you think you could get away with just saying, go fly a kite? you would be hel...

Again, he's trying to join the lawsuit, asking the court to decide whether he can refuse any kind of subpoena. this issue of absolute immunity or executive privilege, how would that be applicable, paul? >> well, fred, he doesn't have absolute immunity. there's really no witness in this situation would get absolute immunity. the executive privilege claim, it could have some legitimate basis. as a matter of fact, mulvaney more than anybody else would have an executive privilege claim because the president's discussions with his own acting chief of staff generally the court would view those as pr...