Steve Bannon’s appearance in federal court on contempt charges provides a rare glimpse into one of Congress' least-used powers at work.
Stephen K. Bannon’s indictment on contempt of Congress charges is the nation’s first since 1983, and his appearance in federal court Monday provided a rare glimpse of one of U.S. lawmakers’ politically messiest and least-used powers.
“While the [contempt] law doesn’t differentiate in any way between a Republican or a Democratic president or Congress, it tends to break down along those lines,” said Stan Brand, who served as former House counsel when lawmakers referred the then-chief of the Environmental Protection Agency to the Justice Department for criminal charges.House investigators have issued subpoenas to 10 more former officials who worked for Trump at the end of his presidency.
But even with the current unique circumstances at play, prosecution of these charges relies on a law that hasn’t produced a conviction in decades and could take years to litigate.A Texas woman who bragged that being white and blond would enable her to avoid jail time for storming the U.S. Capitol receives a two-month sentence.
In all, the House has brought five criminal contempt and three civil contempt actions against executive branch officials since 2008. In each instance of a criminal contempt citation, the executive branch declined to refer the charges to a grand jury.
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