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Propensity for violence on insurrection day. what the president was aware of, what communications they may have had about it and other areas as well. i think he's one of the most important witnesses, and we're determined to make sure we get answers. >> reporter: certainly bannon will be an important witness in that. his lawyer has said the reason he's not complying with the subpoena request is because of what the former president is saying about executive privilege. the committee released a statement last night after trump brought his lawsuit against them and the national archives trying to bl...

Like this. >> reporter: and congressman raskin may be oversimplifying this just a little bit. the president of the united states is more than just a citizen weighing in on the conduct of the department of justice. and president biden probably will get a level of criticism for making these remarks. but what everyone's trying to do today is saying that this was just him offering an opinion and that he's not telling the department of justice what to do. >> but is he oversimplifying? i think he was weighing in on a question about those who were flouting these subpoenas, and i think anyone in this ...

Criminal contempt for failing to appear today. >> he said he is not participating because the former president advised him not to. so where do things stand now? >> reporter: what stands now is the selective committee will meet on tuesday. that's where they will have an official business meeting where they will vote on criminal intent in the house of representatives. once they vote on that, it will be taken to the house to execute. this is basically the committee making good on a promise. they had warned these individuals that they had subpoenaed that they were going to do everything they had i...

Big lie, the former acting attorney general. >> the big question today, will any witnesses show up? the former president urged aides to ignore subpoenas. one said overnight he won't show, effectively daring lawmakers to hold him in contempt. cnn's ryan nobles has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: laura, christine, thursday is a crucial day for the january 6 select committee. today is the day where they are expected to have those first round of closed door depositions from two key trump associates. steve bannon and kash patel. patel the former d.o.d. official, bannon a former white house cou...

Try to exert executive privilege in a congressional investigation. and today, once again president biden smackdown that false and illegal claim by donald trump. the white house released a letter today, that was actually written last week, to the archivist of the united states, where all of the presidential records are kept, that letter says, president biden does not uphold the former presidents assertions of privilege. president bided instructed the archivist to provide the house committee with all, all of the information that the committee has requested. last week, steve bannon's lawyer sent ...