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January 6 panel moves to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
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Posted on 10/14/2021 10:59:32 AM PDT by janetjanet998
CNN)The committee investigating the January 6 Capitol Hill riot announced Thursday it is moving forward to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena, as his game of chicken with the House panel now enters a new and critical phase.
"Mr. Bannon has declined to cooperate with the Select Committee and is instead hiding behind the former President's insufficient, blanket, and vague statements regarding privileges he has purported to invoke," Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, who chairs the committee, said in a statement on Thursday. Bannon was scheduled for a deposition in front of the committee on Thursday, and Bannon's lawyer wrote in a letter the day before to the panel saying that his client will not provide testimony or documents until the committee reaches an agreement with former President Donald Trump over executive privilege or a court weighs in on the matter.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 1621; associatedpress; bannon; clintonnonnews; cnn; grandpupcornpop; jan6commission; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; stevebannon; subpoena
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To: janetjanet998
Bannon has not been charged with any crime, nor is there any evidence that he committed a crime. This is just harassment of Trump associates by a bunch of smelly fascists.
To: WMarshal
The GOP leadership is ideologically similar to the Democratic leadership. Redundant to suggest that they are a separate party.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:20:06 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: datura
The answer to every question is “I don’t recall.”
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:22:05 AM PDT
by
Eagles6
(Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
To: janetjanet998
Holder was held in contempt of Congress.
He ignored it and so should Bannon.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:23:12 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: janetjanet998
It’s not a game of chicken. They’re protecting the institution of the presidency from a fishing expedition by a coequal branch of government. Nothing wrong with waiting for the courts to weigh in. That’s the system.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:24:27 AM PDT
by
newzjunkey
(“We Did It Joe!” - The Taliban)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
CNN Partisan Media Shills alert.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:25:23 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Grandpup Corn Pop
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:35:58 AM PDT
by
stylecouncilor
("When tyranny becomes law, rebellion becomes duty." -Thomas Jefferson)
To: janetjanet998
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:43:22 AM PDT
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis)
To: janetjanet998
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:44:04 AM PDT
by
JonPreston
(Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
To: janetjanet998
Sorry, no authority. Better to ignore the insurrectionist democrats.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:44:22 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Proudly UNvaxxed )
To: Eagles6
The answer to every question is “I don’t recall.”
Ah, yes, the Hillary standard deposition and congressional hearing playbook!
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:45:01 AM PDT
by
DrHFrog
To: Yo-Yo
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:45:27 AM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
To: Steve_Seattle
"...This is just harassment of Trump associates by a bunch of smelly fascists..." Yeeeep.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:46:46 AM PDT
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rlmorel
(Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
To: janetjanet998
The GOP really needs to learn how to call these fascists’ bluff. Stand up to them, and they almost always back down.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:46:50 AM PDT
by
fwdude
(Proudly UNvaxxed )
To: janetjanet998
Let's Go Bannon!
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:47:18 AM PDT
by
DocRock
To: janetjanet998
He needs to postpone another 18 months.
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posted on
10/14/2021 11:50:25 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
(Let's make crime illegal again!)
To: janetjanet998
Most people hold those on the committee in contempt.
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posted on
10/14/2021 12:01:05 PM PDT
by
euram
To: cableguymn
And I hope he replies at least once, “Maybe I was at home baking cookies with my daughter.”
I know that’s not exactly what Hillary said, but it might fit in nicely with the show.
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posted on
10/14/2021 12:05:01 PM PDT
by
MayflowerMadam
(When government fears the people, there is liberty. )
To: janetjanet998
He answered the We Build the Wall charges in NY, where he has an apartment, but Warroom is right in DC, so we’ll see.
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posted on
10/14/2021 12:05:57 PM PDT
by
StAnDeliver
(Each of you have at least ONE of these in your 401k: Pfizer, Moderna, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson)
To: janetjanet998
Glad it’s happening ONLY because it sets the precedent for Conservatives, assuming that they take power again. The Left got away with far too much crap in this area in the past, but once this barrier is broken, things will likely change.
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posted on
10/14/2021 12:13:32 PM PDT
by
BobL
(I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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