The former president lambasted the probe for using 'prosecutors, local, state, and federal, to torment and destroy innocent people.'
announced Friday that Bannon was charged with one contempt count involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another count involving his refusal to produce documents to the committee. He could face up to one year in jail for each count of contempt.
Bannon has refused to cooperate with lawmakers during the investigation, arguing that executive privilege protects him from having to turn over records, though he was not working in the federal government at the time of the riot. The House select committee alleged that on December 30, 2020, he recommended for Trump to focus his election efforts on January 6. He also allegedly attended a gathering at the Willard Hotel—which served as a command center for the efforts to block the election results' certification—on January 5.ignored a subpoena
to appear for a private hearing before the committee. The committee has threatened to issue a criminal referral against Meadows. Representative Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the committee, wrote in a letter shared on Thursday that Meadows had"no valid legal basis" for his"continued resistance to the Select Committee's subpoena."The Justice Department has recommended that Jacob Chansley, who has been popularly described as the QAnon Shaman,
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