House Republicans may soon look to the case of Stephen Bannon in their effort to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress. GOP lawmakers say they plan to move forward with a contempt of Congress vote as soon as next week.
GOP lawmakers say they plan to move forward with a contempt of Congress vote as soon as next week. If successful, that would result in a criminal referral to the Department of Justice, which would then decide whether to seek charges against Wray.When the Justice Department faced the decision to indict Bannon, a onetime adviser to former President Donald Trump, over the same type of referral, the agency moved ahead with a case that Republicans are preparing to cite as a precedent.
Before Bannon, however, the Justice Department rarely acted on contempt of Congress referrals, said former U.S. Attorney Andrew McCarthy. The Justice Department opted not to bring contempt of Congress referrals for then-Attorney General William Barr and then-Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to a grand jury in 2019 after both leaders declined to cooperate with Democratic-led investigations concerning the 2020 census.
“You should never say never, but if I were the AG, my default position would be that DOJ should stay out of controversies between Congress and witnesses it subpoenas,” McCarthy said.
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