Bannon Subpoenas Pelosi And Jan. 6 Panel In Attempt To Hit Back At Contempt Charges
Source: Talking Points Memo
Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has reportedly subpoenaed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and members of the committee in an attempt to push back at the contempt charges he faces, according to CNN. Bannon is scheduled to go on trial next month in the contempt charges the Justice Department brought against him last year for failing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 Select Committee’s investigation.
Late last year, Bannon was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress follow his refusal to comply with the committee’s subpoena. Bannon pleaded not guilty.
In an effort to fight the contempt charges he’s facing, Bannon’s legal team reportedly subpoenaed 15 lawmakers and congressional staffers to testify at his trial next month, one of Bannon’s attorneys and copies of the subpoenas obtained by CNN indicated. The subpoenas reportedly target all nine members of the committee, three committee staffers and House general counsel Douglas Letter. Additionally, Bannon reportedly subpoenaed Pelosi and other House Democratic leaders such as Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) and Whip Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC).
CNN noted there are challenges to compel members of Congress to testify, citing protection of their legislative activity under the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause. Therefore, lawmakers and staffers subpoenaed by Bannon’s legal team could possibly file a motion to reject those subpoenas.
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Go home Bannon. You're drunk again. Oh and who's your dumbass attorney.
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Although I in no way pretend to know the intricate details of how that works (but I've seen plenty of courtroom proceedings on TV
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starting with DONALD J. TRUMP- "Fuck YOU Donald. your whiny ass goes to prison!"
And then he can take the majority of Fox News with him. Their silence and refusal to air the hearings right now is deafening. What were they hiding?
But seriously, what are Hannity and Tucker hiding? What were they going to report that day if they had actually succeeded with their plan? I feel like this is a fact worth knowing! 
The current defense Costello uses is based on something called 'entrapment by estoppel,' which as a non-lawyer, I take to mean that he doesn't have to produce documents because his team -- M. Evan Corcoran, Robert J. Costello and David I. Schoen -- have filed Bannon's intent "to assert defenses of public authority in this case, including actual and apparent authority." Here's the filing that his 'attorneys' signed.
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21615511-55-ds-notice-of-public-authority-defense
Here's Wikipedia on "entrapment by estoppel"
It's too weird to figure out, but seems to have some influence on whether the DOJ can proceed to criminalize the contempt charge from Congress. But what do I know. Any lawyers in the house? 
