Biden says DOJ should prosecute those who defy January 6 committee subpoenas

Biden says DOJ should prosecute those who defy January 6 committee subpoenas

Oct 16, 2021 by CNN.com - RSS Channel - Politics

Key Facts

  • The select committee announced on Thursday that it was moving forward to hold Bannon, an ally of former President Donald Trump, in criminal contempt for refusing to comply with a subpoena.
  • "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 of Mississippi, who chairs the committee, said in a statement on Thursday.
  • Bannon was scheduled for a deposition in front of the committee on Thursday, but his lawyer wrote in a letter to the panel the day before that his client will not provide testimony or documents until the committee reaches an agreement with Trump over executive privilege or a court weighs in on the matter.
  • Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a member of the January 6 select committee, told CNN on Friday that she was not concerned with Biden's weighing in on the matter of subpoena enforcement and that she believes Bannon is "obliged" to testify before the committee.

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