Jan. 6 Committee Weighs Criminal Contempt Referral for Bannon
The House Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots on Friday said it would ''swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of Congress referral'' for former White House adviser Steve Bannon, who on Friday said he would not comply with a subpoena.
Bannon ''has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former President,'' Chairman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and Vice Chair Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., said in a statement.
''The Select Committee fully expects all of these witnesses to comply with our demands for both documents and deposition testimony,'' they added.
Former Trump officials Mark Meadows and Kash Patel are ''so far, engaging with the Select Committee,'' they added.
''Though the Select Committee welcomes good-faith engagement with witnesses seeking to cooperate with our investigation, we will not allow any witness to defy a lawful subpoena or attempt to run out the clock, and we will swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of Congress referral.
''We thank those many patriotic Americans who are coming forward voluntarily to participate in our inquiry. The Committee is making rapid progress and will not be deterred by those who seek to obstruct our efforts.''
Bannon's attorney in an email sent to the committee obtained by CNN cited former President Donald Trump's claim of executive privilege.
"We must accept his direction and honor his invocation of executive privilege,'' wrote Robert Costello.
"As such, until these issues are resolved, we are unable to respond to your request for documents and testimony.''
Trump told Bannon and other subpoena targets not to comply with congressional requests for testimony because documents could contain privileged material.
''The rally on the Capitol grounds on January 6th, like the rally near the White House that day, immediately preceded the violent attack on the seat of our democracy,'' Thompson said in a statement.
''Over the course of that day, demonstrations escalated to violence and protestors became rioters. The Select Committee needs to understand all the details about the events that came before the attack, including who was involved in planning and funding them. We expect these witnesses to cooperate fully with our probe.''
The House Select Committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riots on Friday said it would ''swiftly consider advancing a criminal contempt of Congress referral'' for former White House adviser Steve Bannon, who on Friday said he would not comply with a ...
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Peanut gallery:
WAIT, the DOJ and FBI orchestrated the JAN 6th riots. The FBI has even admitted to having agents involved. Have any of those COMMUNIST AGENTS BEEN JAILED?
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Until ALL the video of the capitol is released along with all documents relating to Ashli Babbitt's murder, no one should comply to this blatant political persecution of an opposition party.
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When demonrats? When are you gonna grow the guts to ATTEMPT what you REALLY wanna try? You can't hide behind the CRIMINAL "juthtith" sham forever.
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The riots were only "deadly" to one person who was killed by a coward cop.
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that's all the loser democrats have. either vaccine mandates or jan 6
Oh, I had to add one of my own since there was no balance.
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"AND THE NOOSE TIGHTENS."
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