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    Default House Panel Unanimous: Bannon In Criminal Contempt

    Jan. 6 panel votes to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt

    "WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection voted unanimously to hold former White House aide Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress after the longtime ally of former President Donald Trump defied a subpoena for documents and testimony.

    Still defending his supporters who broke into the Capitol that day, Trump has aggressively tried to block the committee’s work by directing Bannon and others not to answer questions in the probe. Trump has also filed a lawsuit to try to prevent Congress from obtaining former White House documents.

    But lawmakers have made clear they will not back down as they gather facts and testimony about the attack involving Trump’s supporters that left dozens of police officers injured, sent lawmakers running for their lives and interrupted the certification of Joe Biden’s presidential election victory.

    The committee’s chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Tuesday that Bannon “stands alone in his complete defiance of our subpoena” and the panel will not take no for an answer.

    He said that while Bannon may be “willing to be a martyr to the disgraceful cause of whitewashing what happened on January 6th — of demonstrating his complete loyalty to the former president,” the contempt vote is a warning to other witnesses.

    “We won’t be deterred. We won’t be distracted. And we won’t be delayed,” Thompson said.

    The Tuesday evening vote sends the contempt resolution to the full House, which is expected to vote on the measure Thursday. House approval would send the matter to the Justice Department, which would then decide whether to pursue criminal charges against Bannon."
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    I doubt Bannon wants his fat ass to spend any time in any jails.

    But I hope he does try to double down against the committee. I would love to see how he would do actually being a martyr for that former blob.

    I also would love to see the lesson it would teach to others wanting to squat down for Trump.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    I doubt Bannon wants his fat ass to spend any time in any jails.

    But I hope he does try to double down against the committee. I would love to see how he would do actually being a martyr for that former blob.

    I also would love to see the lesson it would teach to others wanting to squat down for Trump.
    The House must be unrelenting and insist on a criminal prosecution of Bannon.

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    From the OP link:

    "The committee says it is pursuing Bannon’s testimony because of his reported communications with Trump ahead of the siege, his efforts to get the former president to focus on the congressional certification of the vote Jan. 6 and his comments on Jan. 5 that “all hell is going to break loose” the next day.

    Bannon “appears to have had multiple roles relevant to this investigation, including his role in constructing and participating in the ‘stop the steal’ public relations effort that motivated the attack" and "his efforts to plan political and other activity in advance of January 6th,” the committee wrote in the resolution recommending contempt."

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    "While Bannon has said he needs a court order before complying with his subpoena, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and former White House and Pentagon aide Kashyap Patel have been negotiating with the committee. The panel has also subpoenaed more than a dozen people who helped plan Trump rallies ahead of the siege, and some of them are already turning over documents and giving testimony."

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    "The Biden administration, in clearing the documents for release, said the violent siege of the Capitol more than nine months ago was such an extraordinary circumstance that it merited waiving the privilege that usually protects White House communications."
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    Hello Frank,

    Quote Originally Posted by Frank Apisa View Post
    I doubt Bannon wants his fat ass to spend any time in any jails.

    But I hope he does try to double down against the committee. I would love to see how he would do actually being a martyr for that former blob.

    I also would love to see the lesson it would teach to others wanting to squat down for Trump.
    Bannon Behind Bars.

    Has a nice ring to it.
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    He's going DOWN.

    I bet he refuses and does time.

    He could still come across and spill the beans.

    But I don't think he will.
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