These 9 Republicans joined with House Democrats to find Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress
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October 21, 2021 | 07:29PM ETFrontpage news and politicsOnly nine House Republicans joined with every Democrat in voting to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress. Thursday afternoon's final vote was 229-202.
#BREAKING: U.S. House finds Steve Bannon in Contempt of Congress, 229-202pic.twitter.com/M57pJtZ0v8— CSPAN (@CSPAN) 1634847703
Bannon refused to obey a lawful congressional subpoena ordering him to hand over documents and to submit to congressional investigators for a deposition. His legal defense was mocked by experts after he tried to invoke executive privilege.
BREAKING: The House has adopted the bipartisan H.Res.730, finding Stephen K. Bannon in contempt of Congress for failure to comply with a Congressional subpoena. The Speaker of the House will send the report to the Department of Justice for prosecution.— January 6th Committee (@January 6th Committee) 1634847187
Minority Whip Steve Scalise had directed House Republicans to vote against the motion.
Top voting rights attorney Marc Elias warns against praising the nine Republicans for doing the right thing in this one instance: "all nine of them voted against voting rights legislation," he tweeted.
Before anyone praises them, all nine of them voted against voting rights legislation.https://twitter.com/Sky_Lee_1/status/1451281148185829385\u00a0\u2026— Marc E. Elias (@Marc E. Elias) 1634847779
