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Midterm elections come around, if the house changes hands, this committee will be gone. >> carol, what do you think is next for the january 6th committee? >> i think what's next is going to be some really full-throated public hearings. the hearings that people wanted for the mueller investigation where there would be wide-open kimono, an amazing soap opera on your national television screen every morning, in which firsthand witnesses who were there, some of whole you probably don't recognize their names, they're not bold-face names, but they were there and you'll hear them go in narrate the st...

>> this is -- this is really interesting. it's very murky. the last time this kind of happened was with ali north and the iran contra investigation. and so, what happened there is congress really wanted the information, so they granted north immunity to testify. and so, that's what bannon's lawyers are probably going to be working on right now. is they will say, okay, we'll show up. we'll testify. as long as you give us immunity from prosecution. that means the prosecutors have to ignore anything he says in their -- in the hearings while they build a potential case against bannon for conspirac...

Get to the november elections, and maybe the house changes hands and then the whole thing gets dropped. >> well also, john dean, to the professor's point, you know, bannon as a vested interest in not talking not only because it may incriminate him in some way. but his whole, you know, podcast, his whole career depends on the continued support of the former president. and also, all the followers of the former president. and if he is suddenly the guy who, you know, gets a deal and then testifies, that certainly doesn't set him up for, you know, whatever his podcasting career may amount to. >> no...

Tonight and i quote, saying "his lawsuit is nothing more than an attempt to delay and obstruct our probe. precedent and law are on our side." is trump's lawsuit just a delay tactic or do you think it can work? >> i don't think it can work. i think it is a delay tactic. keep in mind that the house is currently controlled by the democrats, who formed this select committee to investigate the dogs of january 6th. they're only going to be in office for another year and a couple of months if the house changes hands. and as we've seen in other litigation including with respect to the former white hou...

Work? >> i don't think it can work. i think it is a delay tactic. keep in mind that the house is currently controlled by the democrats who formed this select committee to investigate the going, the doings of january 6th. they're only going to be in office for another year and a couple of months if the house changes hands. and as we've seen in other litigations including with the respect to the former white house counsel, if you get into litigation and get this stuff into the courts, it takes time and even if you get ruled against as trump almost certainly will be. you can appeal and you can ap...