House to vote on Bannon contempt as Justice decision looms

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Posted at 1:44 AM, Oct 21, 2021

and past updated 2021-10-21 02:44:53-04

The House is voting connected whether to clasp longtime Trump state Steve Bannon successful contempt of Congress aft helium defied a subpoena from a committee investigating the convulsive Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection.

That committee has vowed to determination swiftly and forcefully to punish anyone who won’t cooperate with the probe.

But it’s apt up to the Justice Department, and the courts, to find what happens next.

If the House ballot succeeds, arsenic is expected, there’s inactive sizeable uncertainty astir whether the Justice Department volition prosecute Bannon.

That's contempt Democratic demands for action.

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