He has refused to answer questions from the House Select Committee on the Capitol protest….
He has been the only one up to now….
Mark Meadows has indicated he might not talk either….
We’ll see if this action against Bannon changes his mind….
Bannon will turn himself in on Monday…..
It is no longer Donald Trump’s Justice Dept.
Stephen K. Bannon, a onetime aide to former President Donald J. Trump, was indicted by a federal grand jury on Friday on two counts of contempt of Congress, the Justice Department said.
Mr. Bannon, 67, had refused last month to comply with subpoenas for information issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The House then voted to hold Mr. Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress after he declined to testify or provide documents sought by the committee, a position taken by a number of former aides to Mr. Trump.
Mr. Trump has directed his former aides and advisers to invoke immunity and refrain from turning over documents that might be protected under executive privilege.
After holding Mr. Bannon in contempt, the House referred the matter to the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, D.C., for a decision on whether to prosecute him…..
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Before the Justice Department announced the indictment of Mr. Bannon, Mr. Meadows, a former House member from North Carolina, failed to meet a deadline of Friday morning for complying with the House committee’s request for information….
What comes around….
Goes around?
Manu Raju
@mkraju
After Bannon’s indictment, a warning from the Republican who is likely to chair House Judiciary in a GOP majority
Rep. Jim Jordan
@Jim_Jordan
· 5h
Joe Biden has evicerated Executive Privilege.
There are a lot of Republicans eager to hear testimony from Ron Klain and Jake Sullivan when we take back the House.
Allen Glines for US Senate and Utah
@AllenBGlines
Replying to
@Jim_Jordan
Executive privilege doesn’t apply to presidents organizing insurrections, Gym.
GOP Warns of Payback for Bannon Indictment
“Republicans are rallying around former White House adviser Stephen Bannon after his indictment for contempt of Congress on Friday, warning that Democrats’ efforts to force Bannon to comply with what they see as an unfair subpoena paves the way for them to do the same if they take back the House in 2022,” the Washington Post reports.
Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
“WH COS Meadows emailed VP Pence’s top aide a detailed plan for undoing Biden’s election victory.”
It wasn’t just Trump and some wacky outside lawyers.
The Trump White House tried to overturn the election.
The Trump White House tried to engineer a coup.
A coup that was supported by a majority of Republicans in the country.
The Party is essentially a party of domestic terrorists and traitors.
Now the American people seemed poised to put the traitors back in control.If that happens?
Then we deserve the results of such action.
Actually, most Republicans ,despite their flag lapel pins and outward professions of patriotism ,are opposed to the Constitution of the United States and are too dumb to even know it.
Some Republicans know it, but won’t admit it because the only way they can stay in power is to be a traitor – even while they call themselves a patriot.
Some Republicans DO admit it….
They they have to duck…..
And some?
Just solider on….
Media headlines this morning….
Steve Bannon Surrenders on Contempt Charges
Steve Bannon has surrendered, and appeared to be streaming it live as he turned himself in to the FBI field office, CNN reports.
Said Bannon: “We’re taking down the Biden regime every day. I want you guys to stay focused on message, remember signal, not noise.”
The Washington Post reports that Republicans are rallying behind this Right Wing totalitarian conspiracy monger and are threatening reprisals if they gain control of Congress next year.
THAT is NOT gonna stop this train…..
Meadows is next…
These guys are dumb enough to fall on the sword for Trump????😳
Breaking…..
Mark Meadows, unlike Bannon WILL be talking to the House Select Committee on the Capitol Protest…..
CNN Breaking News
@cnnbrk
Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows and House investigators reach an agreement for his initial cooperation in Capitol riot probe
Meadows just stopped talking to the House capitol committee ……
Trump owns him.
Ur view of the courts confirmed again Jack…..
Bannon’s Trial Won’t Start Until Next Summer
A federal judge today set a July 18 date for Steve Bannon’s trial for contempt of Congress, Politico reports.
Playbook: “What this means for the Jan. 6 committee: This is a significant step backward. Allies of former President Donald Trump have shown — once again — that they can effectively use the courts to evade accountability and slow down investigations.”
“What this means for Democrats: They had hoped the panel would wrap up its work this spring, leaving the party plenty of time before the midterms to pivot its focus to kitchen-table issues that resonate with voters. This new trial date could make that difficult. Now, the party has a choice not unlike what it faced in the first and second Trump impeachments: do they fight for evidence to the bitter end, or do they wind down their probe without talking to these critical people?”
Jim Sciutto
@jimsciutto
They admit to the plan because they seem to fear no consequences.
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Ron Filipkowski
@RonFilipkowski
· 2h
Peter Navarro to Bannon: “You were the hero on J6, Steve. You were the guy who had the .. strategy to go up to Capitol Hill. Pence was the quarterback. We had 100 people working on the .. team who were going to make sure we remanded the results back to the battleground states.”