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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJan. 6 select committee has released its report calling for BANNON to be referred to DOJ
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sheshe2
(83,627 posts)So it begins.
RussBLib
(9,002 posts)so many cases takes months, YEARS to get to trial. we don't have that luxury of time.
Gore1FL
(21,094 posts)It would be better if he cooperated. The good news is, that his life will suck during the process, even if it fails to incarcerate.
LetMyPeopleVote
(144,882 posts)I hope they burn rubber getting to the bottom of this crime.
CousinIT
(9,217 posts)...November 2022 when it can just get shitcanned. And Trump can be made Speaker of the House. Or maybe Cawthorn.
We're utterly fucked here. And people had better start thinking about what's going to happen to their families when healthcare (ALL of it - Medicare and ACA) and social security is gone. The entire country will be a death camp. NOTHING - NO amount of death and destruction is beyond the American Taliban/US Fascist Party.
Mister Ed
(5,921 posts)Just because this grotesquery named Steve Bannon is intent on dodging subpoenas?
We're in a war here, soldier. Why on earth would we throw down our arms in despair and surrender in the middle of the battle?
"The entire country will be a death camp."
Will it? Well, I suppose it's possible. But why present your worst fears for the future as if they were fact?
Please, just reconsider.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,414 posts)It's a distinct possibility. The fascists who want that are working as hard as they can to accomplish it, laws be damned. Are you so sure we are countering it with equal force?
Mister Ed
(5,921 posts)Why declare that we are already defeated, as post #4 does?
ShazzieB
(16,261 posts)A distinct possibility =/= a foregone conclusion, as some here seem to assume!
FoxNewsSucks
(10,414 posts)but instead a WARNING. People need to wake up, pay attention and act accordingly.
We can all see what our elected officials, on "both sides", are doing. Sticking one's head in the sand or putting on rose-colored glasses is a foolish denial.
No one wants fascist rule. We aren't wanting to declare we're defeated. But it's not really up to us, it's up to our elected Democrats to fight for us. That's why we sent them. And at this time, it doesn't look like a couple of them will do what is needed to ensure a continued Democratic majority. I desperately wish that weren't the case.
All they need to do is pass voting reform, and the BBB. Yet two of them, as of today, still won't.
Mister Ed
(5,921 posts)Sound that clarion call loud and strong and long, because humanity is in danger and the situation is dire. But let no one wave the white flag of surrender.
FoxNewsSucks
(10,414 posts)CrackityJones75
(2,403 posts)They had the house, senate, and Wh And basically the USSC for a time. No death camps.
CousinIT
(9,217 posts)...?
One word:
Hitler
Ohioboy
(3,238 posts)It's insane that we have a major political party willing to allow democracy to be flushed down the toilet.
monkeyman1
(5,109 posts)the doj issues contempt of congress charges & then issue's arrest warrant to pick him & bring him to the committee for failing to testify ! they have U.S. MARSHALL 'S SERVICES & FBI at their service ! would not want to be in Bannon shoes right now. it's none bondable to get out ! what a dumb ass !
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)will bring him to the committee?
ShazzieB
(16,261 posts)The committee is referring this to DOJ. It's up to DOJ to decide what their response is going to be and convey that to the committee.
Of course, there are a lot of people here who seem to be convinced that THE DOJ will do nothing, the committee is just wasting its time, and even creating the committee was a waste of time, because ALL of the bad people will get away with ALL of the bad stuff, and nothing good is EVER going to happen. Also, Chicken Little called to say that the sky is falling.
Sorry for the very heavy sarcasm. All the extreme doom and gloom in threads like this really grinds my gears, and sometimes the frustration comes bubbling up. I'll see myself out now.
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)he may want to do some jail time so he can be a martyr.
The day after the coup attempt our DOJ should have put a hundred FBI agents on the case. DOJ has the clout not the select committee. People can't avoid or run out the clock on appearing before a grand jury.
Why do the people funding the coup get a pass? The Mercers and Kochs want to destroy our democracy.
Deuxcents
(16,054 posts)And they have. Now everyone needs to follow suit.
gab13by13
(21,234 posts)compared with DOJ. On 1/7 DOJ should have assigned 200 FBI agents to investigate the attack on our democracy. There is no delaying appearing before a grand jury. The select committee can only refer cases to DOJ for criminal prosecution.
What makes anyone think that Bannon will testify even when charged with contempt of Congress?