According to reports, former President Donald Trump is considering whether to invoke executive privilege regarding the testimony of his ex-White House senior aide, Steve Bannon.
According to The Washington Post, Trump is thinking about sending a letter to the committee to make it clear that he invoked executive privilege when he was subpoenaed by the House panel.
The letter was described to the newspaper by three people with knowledge of the situation.
Several advisers were trying to convince Trump not to sign the letter.
A federal grand jury indicted Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for disobeying a congressional subpoena.
The issues surrounding Trump's executive privilege had to be settled before any communication could be had with the panel.
He is going on trial in July.
It was not immediately clear what effect the letter would have on the upcoming trial, since it would not end the contempt case.
The two men were indicted for contempt of Congress.
The Department of Justice decided not to prosecute former White House chief of staff MarkMeadows and ex-White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino for disobeying the House committee.
The criminal charges against him would be made against the Biden administration.
In June, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed the motion to toss the case against him because he claimed that the House panel's subpoenas were illegal.
The public nature of the January 6 hearings made it necessary for the trial to be delayed, according to Bannon's attorneys.
The judge was asked not to delay the trial.
Department lawyers said that the motion gave the false impression that all of the hearings and media coverage was about him. The truth is that the defendants have barely been mentioned in the hearings or the media coverage of them.
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