
January 6 committee takes aim at Bannon and tries to save Congress' power to investigate
CNN
The January 6 committee's anticipated vote on Tuesday citing Steve Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress may be one of the last chances for lawmakers to seek meaningful consequences for former President Donald Trump's attempt to effectively stage a coup.
After multiple and historic attempts to hold Trump to account for abuses of power -- including two impeachments -- failed to check his aberrant behavior, the rare move to try to enforce testimony from Bannon is intended to send a stern message to other allies of the former President whom the committee wants to question.
What is at stake is nothing less than the ability of a separate, co-equal branch of government to hold the presidency to account now and in future generations.

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