In a 229-202 vote, the House moved to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress.
The vote means that Bannon will be referred to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia for potential prosecution over defying a congressional subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 Committee.
Good and it was bipartisan! Now onto DOJ.
Yawn. Wake me when Meek Garland stands up for democracy.
Send him to the showers!
No, that’s OK. Why don’t you just sleep through it? It’s less effort.
Doesn’t everyone?
Now Garland has to do his job and enforce it.
Even Gym Jordan would recoil at that image…
Momentarily.
“The D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office is currently without a Senate-confirmed leader,”
Unhelpful information.
Helpful would be details on whether this lack of leadership impacts taking action against Bannon by the DOJ.
And the cowardly brother of Mike Pence did not vote.
Not having a Senate-confirmed leader was absolutely no obstacle for the Trump Administration for many, many federal departments and offices. Get the Acting DC USAG to sign whatever paperwork is necessary to start the grand jury process.
Profile in courage.
One of the next things that has to happen is the DoJ has to decide to present the case to a Grand Jury.
What’s keeping the DOJ from responding to Johnson’s letter. Unless the activities were in DC, is it really DOJ’s responsibility?
I know, right? Been like 15 minutes already since the vote closed. Democracy is dead if we reach the 1/2 hour mark and Bannon’s still not yet waterboarded.
Count de Monet: “Bannon and the January 6 rioters were revolting.”
Louis XVI: “You said it! They stunk on ice!”
This has got to be a bad thing and not apt to accomplish anything.
I’m not sure why, myself, but I’m counting on some naysayers to inform me why.
Bannon was White House chief strategist until August 2017
If Bannon claims Executive Privilege that would be an admission that TMFWWNBN was planning the insurrection for more than three years. It takes longer than I thought to arrange a show of spontaneous patriotism.
I guess I can give a little empathy. It’s been a really draining last few years, watching people skate for crimes left and right, even Lil’ Wayne got a pardon.
Everyone freed except Tiger King, his limo went wanting a passenger.
No one wants to hold him.