Posted on 07/31/2024 8:33:15 AM PDT by CFW
The GOP-led House has quietly filed a rare intervention in Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress case, arguing the Democrat-led House January 6 Select Committee failed in its formation to follow chamber rules – invalidating the two subpoenas it served Bannon that he ignore and ultimately put him behind bars.
The Amicus Curiae brief filed by the House General Counsel fulfills a promise from Speaker Mike Johnson in June to intervene in the case.
Bannon, a former Trump White House political adviser, refused to answer two subpoenas from the committee, citing executive privilege.
He was convicted and sentenced under two charges of contempt of Congress.
The intervention of the House under Johnson, a Louisiana Republican comes as Bannon is appeals the case.
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However, it would be nice if Bannon could be released early so he could be heavily involved as a voice in Trump's election.
Wow, you would think they could at least wait until he completed his sentence. /S
Yeah, color me unimpressed. Replace Johnson who lacks the courage to be Speaker of the House.
The hell with slick Johnson. This should have happened 6 weeks ago, and HARDER. THIS is weak and late.
“ The Amicus Curiae brief filed by the House General Counsel fulfills a promise from Speaker Mike Johnson in June to intervene in the case”.
It’s almost August, Speaker Johnson. Soon you’ll be on vacation and probably say you can’t do the next steps needed in order to release Bannon from jail. One of the finest men ever already served his full sentence in federal prison for this bogus charge. It is so discouraging.
In a corrupt DC courtroom where the Judge, the prosecutors, and the jurors all need to go to prison.
The nation needs to ban all trials in Washington DC. The place is utterly corrupt.
Johnson is a prime example of modern Fed politics:
It’s not WHO IS BEST for the job, it is WHO CAN GET ELECTED.
Washington DC should have NO residents, let alone courts, juries and a Rep in The House.
I agree.
Yes. Give DC back to Maryland and have any fed buildings be like national parks
They always do the very least they could do.
Now that he’s in prison
You are correct, however, if the ones who have the courage cannot get elected, then the realties must be tried. Sadly, Johnson is far weaker than I had prayed for. The ones that would be good leaders, Chip Roy, Eli Carne, Clay Higgins, Byron Daniels, Matt Gaetz or even Marjorie Taylor Greene would never receive enough votes to become Speaker because of the weak, feckless RINOs.
And that “judge” is a filthy scumbag communist foreigner from India who only a few years ago was appointed to the court by Obama.
In 2025, he needs to be immediately stripped of citizenship and deported back to Calcutta to be with the rest of the diseased untouchables. /spit
should have been done a long time ago.
Judas Johnson needs to be gone
any speaker who violates the hastert rule should resign immediately.
There’s no reason why this couldn’t have happened sooner.
“The nation needs to ban all trials in Washington DC. The place is utterly corrupt.”
I wholeheartedly agree.
“Johnson is a prime example of modern Fed politics:
It’s not WHO IS BEST for the job, it is WHO CAN GET ELECTED.”
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Yes, because if you’re not elected in modern Federal politics, you have no way to show if you’re really WHO IS BEST for the job. No election = No leverage.
What a bunch of republican pussies. SHould have invalidated the subpoenas on day one.
Jerks like him make it hard to care if Republicans have the House.
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