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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.00,0:00:03.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Democratic law makers investigating\Nthe first coup attempt this country
Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.83,0:00:07.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,has ever seen, taking a butter knife to a \Ngun fight?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.02,0:00:09.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or will they, as they're signaling\Ntonight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.53,0:00:11.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,truly get tough on those who stand
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.18,0:00:14.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between them and the truth?\NAlso, did President Biden just wheel a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:14.83,0:00:18.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Howitzer into the battle?\NJohn Berman here, in for Anderson,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.44,0:00:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A string of new developments to bring you
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.40,0:00:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.52,0:00:27.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all touch on this: Whether those who\Ntried to undermine democracy itself will
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.26,0:00:31.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,be held accountable. Because as one\Npolitical observer Tweeted today,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.09,0:00:36.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"An unpunished coup is a training\Nexercise." Those are the stakes as the
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.63,0:00:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,committee tries to enforce subpoenas\Non four ex-Trump aids and allies. As of
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.49,0:00:45.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,tonight, only two, former White House\NChief-of-Staff Mark Meadows and former
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.62,0:00:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pentagon official Kash Patel, are even\Nengaging at all in the process after a
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.00,0:00:52.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,midnight deadline came for producing\Ndocuments came and went;
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.100,0:00:55.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's the committee's word,\Nby the way.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.30,0:00:57.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Engaging,\Nwhich could mean anything, and is a far
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.98,0:01:03.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,cry from cooperating. Dan Scavino, it's\Nnot clear whether he has responded at all,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:03.26,0:01:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or has even been served. However, he has\Nnot even mentioned in the joint statement
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.85,0:01:12.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from committee chair Benny Thompson and\Nvice chair Liz Cheney. As for Steve
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.22,0:01:16.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bannon, he's flat out defying the\Ncommittee. His lawyer, citing the former
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.80,0:01:21.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,president's executive privilege, which is\Na pretty braising claim to make given
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.21,0:01:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Bannon hasn't worked in the White\NHouse since 2017. And for the record,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.56,0:01:33.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,January 6, 2021 wasn't in 2017. Bannon is\Nacting on the former president's orders.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.34,0:01:38.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A Trump lawyer last night, telling all\Nfour not to comply. As you know, the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.22,0:01:42.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,former president has made is clear that\Nhe no longer even sees January 6 as a
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.48,0:01:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thing, saying this week, the real\Ninsurrection was on election day. And last
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.96,0:01:52.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,night on Fox he made his contempt plain\Nfor those who have tried and failed to
Dialogue: 0,0:01:52.75,0:01:58.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hold him accountable. "They had fake\Nimpeachments, two fake impeachments, where
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:03.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Republicans were great, I have to say,\Nthey stuck with us. The whole thing was
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.39,0:02:08.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fake, and I had to survive. And to survive\Nyou had to be tough. And you had to be out
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.77,0:02:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there. You didn't have time to be\Nnecessarily dainty and nice." 'Dainty and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.87,0:02:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nice,' or as it used to be called,\Nfollowing the rules, obeying the law, that
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.65,0:02:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of thing. Faced with that kind of\Nattitude, the Biden White House today
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.99,0:02:28.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,broke a tradition, saying the president\Nwould not invoke executive privilege over
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.68,0:02:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Trump documents sought from the national\Narchives by the select committee. In other
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.03,0:02:37.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words, Biden would allow the release. So\Nthere is now a conflict, because we
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.67,0:02:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,learned late today that the former\Npresident has sent a letter to the
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.60,0:02:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,archives asserting privilege and threating\Nto, quote "take all necessary and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.34,0:02:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appropriate steps to protect the office of\Nthe presidency." And President Biden?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:51.21,0:02:57.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to how his press secretary framed\Nit. "The administration takes the events
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.47,0:03:01.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of January 6 incredibly seriously. As the\Npresident said on its six month
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.93,0:03:07.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anniversary, that day posed an existential\Ncrisis and a test of whether our democracy
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.31,0:03:11.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could survive." 'Whether our democracy\Ncould survive.' That's really something to
Dialogue: 0,0:03:11.76,0:03:15.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hear from anyone, let alone someone\Nspeaking for the president. It's also
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.78,0:03:18.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we are tonight.