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.
"Looking forward to Steve Bannon's deposition tomorrow and receiving all the testimony and evidence we subpoenaed," select committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Maryland Democrat, said Wednesday in a tweet."This is a legal order as well as a civic duty to share info about the most sweeping violent attack on Congress since the War of 1812.
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