The nine-member panel voted unanimously Tuesday evening to send a report recommending contempt charges to the full House.
On Tuesday, the House Jan. 6 Committee is voting to recommend criminal charges against Steve Bannon for refusing to cooperate with its investigation into the Capitol riot.The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot on Tuesday moved to punish Trump adviser Steve Bannon, recommending the full House hold him in contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena for records and testimony.
In a statement, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia said,"If the House of Representatives certifies a criminal contempt citation, the Department of Justice, as with all criminal referrals, will evaluate the matter based on the facts and the law, consistent with the Principles of Federal Prosecution."
MORE: Jan. 6 committee to 'swiftly consider' criminal contempt for Steve Bannon, others who ignore subpoenas The committee's report argues that the committee's efforts to seek information from Bannon are justified because he"had specific knowledge about the events planned for January 6th before they occurred."
She also warned Republicans that Trump's continued lies about widespread election fraud are"a prescription for national self-destruction." Several other former Trump aides and associates, including former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and Kashyap Patel, who served as a senior Pentagon official, continue to negotiate with the committee over cooperation after receiving subpoenas.It's not clear if Dan Scavino, one of Trump's longest-serving aides, will cooperate with the panel's investigation.
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