Trump Instructs Former Aides to Defy Jan. 6 Panel Subpoenas
- Documents, testimony sought from Meadows, Bannon, two others
- Trump declared earlier he would assert executive privilege
Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, right, and former Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino.
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Former President Donald Trump is instructing four top former aides to defy subpoenas to turn over records and testify to a select congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The former aides -- White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications Dan Scavino, Defense Department official Kashyap Patel, and adviser Steve Bannon -- face a Thursday deadline to comply with the subpoenas. Any refusal would set up a potential legal battle with the House committee.