House GOP to spend day trying to shield Bannon and yelling at AG Garland for investigating violence
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The full House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on whether to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A Wednesday vote in thHouse GOP to spend day trying to shield Bannon and yelling at AG Garland for investigating violence
The full House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on whether to hold Steve Bannon in contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. A Wednesday vote in the House Rules Committee moved the resolution forward on a party line vote, in a likely harbinger of how the full House vote will go—at least aside from Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the two Republicans on the select committee, who are supporting it. Also on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland will appear before the House Judiciary Committee, where he’s expected to be asked if the Justice Department will charge Bannon following the House vote. In the part of his prepared remarks focusing on Jan. 6, Garland does not mention Bannon, instead sketching out the Justice Department’s effort leading to around 650 arrests so far. According to The Wall Street Journal, Republicans are likely to suggest that Garland’s independence is compromised, because President Joe Biden has said he thinks Bannon should be charged. This would obviously be a dishonest move by Republicans, if the House has voted to send a criminal referral to the Justice Department. Read more