BREAKING NEWS – All Democrats and 9 Republicans vote to hold Steve Bannon in CONTEMPT of Congress for defying January 6 subpoena: Biden’s DOJ will now decide whether to criminally charge Trump adviser
The House voted 229-202 on Thursday to hold Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena to testify before the 1/6 committee
Nine Republicans joined all 220 Democrats to vote in favor of the resolution
Bannon argued that Donald Trump’s lawyers instructed him not to testify on the grounds of executive privilege
The resolution will be sent to acting US Attorney for DC Channing Phillips to decide whether to bring charges against Bannon
Attorney General Merrick Garland would not commit during a Judiciary hearing Thursday to bring criminal contempt charges against Bannon
Instead said the Justice Department will ‘follow the facts’