January 6 committee seeks to hold Steve Bannon in contempt as ex-Trump aide refuses subpoena The former strategist for then-President Donald Trump has said he is refusing the House Select Committee's requests at the direction of the former president, whose lawyers have directed witnesses not to cooperate. “The Select Committee will use every tool at its disposal to get the information it seeks, and witnesses who try to stonewall the Select Committee will not succeed," committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Thursday.