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House panel investigating Jan. 6 Capitol riot will move to refer Steve Bannon for criminal contempt

  • October 14, 2021

The select committee, which comprises seven Democrats and two Republicans, is likely to vote to adopt a contempt report when it meets Tuesday evening. That report documents the failure of the witness to comply with the subpoena and includes the text of a resolution for the full House to hold that person in contempt.

If the House votes to adopt the contempt report, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will certify it to the U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., who will then bring the matter before a grand jury.

Contempt of Congress is punishable by up to 12 months in jail and a maximum fine of $1,000.

The congressional subpoena to Bannon set an Oct. 7 deadline for him to produce a raft of documents to the investigators. But Thompson said last week that Bannon has refused to supply those materials.

The subpoena also instructed Bannon to appear Thursday for a deposition.

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel, two Trump associates who were also subpoenaed, have been engaging with the probe, the committee said.

Their depositions, scheduled for this week, have been slightly postponed “as they continue to engage with our investigation,” a select committee aide told CNBC.

Another scheduled deposition, this one of former White House communications aide Dan Scavino, was postponed because the service of his subpoena was delayed, the committee aide said.

The select committee “will use every tool at its disposal to get the information it seeks, and witnesses who try to stonewall the Select Committee will not succeed,” Thompson said Thursday.

“All witnesses are required to provide the information they possess so the Committee can get to the facts,” he added, noting that many other individuals are complying with the panel’s subpoenas and producing materials within the deadlines.

Article source: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/14/steve-bannon-faces-criminal-contempt-referral-jan-6-panel-chair-says.html

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