House Votes to Hold Steve Bannon in Criminal Contempt for Defying 1/6 Subpoena
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The House of Representatives has voted to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt.
A few Republicans, including Jan. 6 House Select Committee members Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) joined Democrats to vote for the resolution.
The overall vote was 229-202, with only 9 Republicans voting yes.
Bannon is one of many Trump allies the January 6 select committee subpoenaed in their investigation. The former Trump advisor defied the subpoena, and so the committee pursued criminal contempt charges.
Committee Chair Bennie Thompson and Vice Chair Cheney urged colleagues to vote yes in remarks before the vote, followed by a rebuttal from Jim Banks — one of the Republicans Speaker Nancy Pelosi rejected for the committee.
Earlier Thursday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) dismissed the subpoena as “invalid.”
