Jan. 6 committee to 'swiftly consider' criminal contempt for Steve Bannon, others who ignore subpoen

[Eugene]

Source: ABC News

Jan. 6 committee to 'swiftly consider' criminal contempt for Steve Bannon, others who ignore subpoenas

Bannon rebuffed the committee, citing Trump's claim of executive privilege.

ByBenjamin Siegel andKatherine Faulders
October 8, 2021, 8:07 PM
• 5 min read

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will "swiftly consider" holding one-time Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, and potentially others, in contempt of Congress for ignoring committee subpoenas, committee chairman Bennie Thompson vice-chair Liz Cheney said Friday.

The move came after Bannon formally advised the committee that he would be unable to comply with their requests, citing former President Donald Trump's intention to invoke executive privilege. In a letter obtained by ABC News, Bannon's lawyers said that until the matter is settled in court, they will not comply with the committee's subpoena.

The committee last month issued subpoenas to Bannon and other top Trump aides Mark Meadows, Kash Patel and Dan Scavino, as part of its probe into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. An additional 11 subpoenas were issued last week to organizers of the pro-Trump rally that preceded the attack.

Meadows, a former White House chief of staff, and Patel, an ex-Pentagon official, are "engaging" with the committee, officials said. The committee had no update on the status of Scavino.

"While Mr. Meadows and Mr. Patel are, so far, engaging with the Select Committee, Mr. Bannon has indicated that he will try to hide behind vague references to privileges of the former President," Thompson and Cheney said in a joint statement. "The Select Committee fully expects all of these witnesses to comply with our demands for both documents and deposition testimony."

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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-committee-swiftly-criminal-contempt-steve-bannon-ignore/story?id=80486293

[msongs]

1. consider? consider? jeeezus effing crisco. how bout send them pizza instead of subpoenas nt

[gab13by13]

7. No this is different,

"swiftly" consider. Now that sounds really serious.

[PortTack]

2. How bout we give them a chance to do their job! They said they would act. Schiff and Cheney both

Said they would act. It takes more than a day!

[PSPS]

3. LOL. "Consider," "threaten," "inclined to," "liable to," "leaning toward." They'll all skate.

[DFW]

4. Put them in handcuffs and detain them.

As they sit in their holding cells, tell them, “consider this.”

[twin_ghost]

5. They can contest the subpoenas in court.

We all have that right. If the court says no to the contest of the subpoenas then they will have to appear before the committee.

[gordianot]

6. The real question will the DOJ be on the same page?

So far all I see from DOJ are mixed messages. After 4 years of Trump the place is still broken.

[gab13by13]

8. You are one of the few who gets it.

The select committee can only refer to DOJ for criminal investigation and prosecution. I had hoped that our DOJ would be investigating some of these traitors on its own, like Jeffrey Clark, but I really doubt it.

The Democratic picked DOJ plays by norms and rules where it is the norm not to investigate one's political opponent, I guess even if those opponents are trying to destroy our democracy. It is sad to see if our democracy fails because norms were more important.

[Roy Rolling]

9. It's Saturday Morning

Cheney said this yesterday. Why isn’t it done today?

If Bannon were Muslim or a Democrat, Republicans would already be building a gallows.

No, sorry. They have the Pence gallows left over from January 6.

[Fiendish Thingy]

11. Because he isn't due to appear until Thursday.

If he doesn’t show on Thursday, then the clock starts ticking.

[Walleye]

10. "Rebuffed"? Sounds like he turned them down for a Saturday night date in high school