Steve Bannon likely to be held in criminal contempt of Congress
The Hindu
Mr Bannon has refused to comply with a subpoena seeking documents and his presence for a deposition
Far right Trump ally and former senior advisor, Steve Bannon, is likely to be held in criminal contempt of the House of Representatives for defying a subpoena, as a Democrat-led ‘Select Committee’ looking into the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected, on Tuesday, to vote to send the matter to the full House. The Democrat-controlled legislative chamber is highly likely to approve sending the contempt charges to the Justice Department as early as this week.
Mr Bannon has refused to comply with a subpoena seeking documents and his presence for a deposition, on the grounds that former U.S. President Donald Trump has said information sought is protected by ‘executive privilege’ and that former staffers need not therefore comply with subpoenas.
Mr Trump filed a suit against the Committee and the National Archives in a District Court in Washington DC on Monday. The lawsuit called the Committee’s request a “vexatious, illegal fishing expedition.”