The House has voted to hold Bannon in contempt. Here's what happens next.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to find former adviser to President Trump Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was called to appear before the committee last week but failed to appear.

The matter now lands at the Justice Department, which will weigh whether to prosecute the former White House chief strategist.

Bannon's lawyer denied his absence was an act of "defiance" against the subpoena, and pointed to instructions from Mr. Trump's legal team stating that they were invoking "executive and other privileges" and directed Bannon "not to produce documents or give testimony that might reveal information" that the former president's lawyers are trying "to legally protect," according to a letter to the committee from Bannon's attorney obtained by CBS News.

Jonathan Shaub, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky law school, said the Justice Department has "traditionally not prosecuted individuals who are relying on executive privilege for criminal contempt of Congress."

But Shaub also described Bannon's claims of privilege in this case as "weak."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-house-has-voted-to-hold-bannon-in-contempt-heres-what-happens-next/ar-AAPNMZD

[leftieNanner]

1. I just called my Repug Congressman's office

and expressed my deep disgust that he voted NOT to hold Bannon in contempt of Congress.

I was not disrespectful to the staffer who answered the phone, but I let her know clearly how I felt.