Psaki Says Biden Supports Independent Role of DOJ to Make Prosecution Decisions After Comments About 1/6 Subpoenas
White House press secretary Jen Psaki tweeted a bit of a clarification Friday night to comments President Joe Biden made about the Justice Department.
The January 6 select committee is planning to charge Steve Bannon with criminal contempt for defying their subpoena. They have subpoenaed a number of Trump allies and members have said they will take such action against anyone not complying with the requests.
Biden said to reporters earlier Friday, “I hope that the committee goes after them and holds them accountable.”
When asked if they should be prosecuted by the DOJ, Biden said he does.
Psaki took to Twitter later to say Biden “supports the work of the committee and the independent role of the Department of Justice to make any decisions about prosecutions.”
As @potus has said many times, January 6th was one of the darkest days in our democracy. He supports the work of the committee and the independent role of the Department of Justice to make any decisions about prosecutions.
— Jen Psaki (@PressSec) October 16, 2021
A spokesperson for the DOJ also issued a statement saying, “The Department of Justice will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law. Period. Full stop.”
After President Biden told reporters he thinks DOJ should prosecute those who defy Jan. 6 congressional subpoenas, a DOJ spox said: “The Department of Justice will make its own independent decisions in all prosecutions based solely on the facts and the law. Period. Full stop.”
— Katherine Faulders (@KFaulders) October 15, 2021
