{"id":20223,"date":"2021-10-20T04:50:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=20223"},"modified":"2021-10-20T04:50:30","modified_gmt":"2021-10-20T08:50:30","slug":"steve-bannon-lawmakers-vote-to-hold-ex-trump-aide-in-contempt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2021\/10\/20\/steve-bannon-lawmakers-vote-to-hold-ex-trump-aide-in-contempt\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bannon: Lawmakers vote to hold ex-Trump aide in contempt"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US lawmakers investigating the 6 January Capitol riot have unanimously supported holding a top aide of ex-President Donald Trump in contempt of Congress.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Steve Bannon was summoned to testify before the panel, but refused to do so.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If the full chamber approves the matter this Thursday, it would be referred to justice department, which has the final say on bringing charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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If convicted, Mr Bannon could face a fine and up to one year in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mr Bannon – a former right-wing media executive who became Mr Trump’s chief strategist – has not publicly commented on Tuesday’s vote in the nine-member House select committee.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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All two Republicans and seven Democrats on the panel backed holding him in contempt. Bannon’s claim of exepctuive privilege<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In her opening remarks, congresswoman Liz Cheney, a Wyoming Republican and vice-chair of the committee, said Mr Bannon had had “substantial advance knowledge of the plans” for the protest on 6 January and of Mr Trump’s plans to discredit the presidential election result.<\/div>\n
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Mr Bannon, 67, was fired from the White House in 2017, and was not in government at the time of the riot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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