Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon faced a House vote on criminal contempt charges for refusing to comply with a subpoena in the investigation of the deadly Capitol Riot. the vote was passed unanimously. Read more:
Two other Trump employees who were subpoenaed, Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel, have complied with the investigation, the committee said.
"You know that there is no evidence of widespread election fraud sufficient to overturn the election; you know that the Dominion voting machines were not corrupted by a foreign power. You know those claims are false," Cheney said on Tuesday directed toward Republican lawmakers. Despite leaving the White House years before the Capitol Riot, Bannon remained a Trump ally and advocated for the former president. Thompson said that Bannon is"hiding behind the former President's insufficient, blanket, and vague statements regarding privileges he has purported to invoke."
"We reject his position entirely," Thompson said prior to the vote."The Select Committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, so we must move forward with proceedings to refer Mr. Bannon for criminal contempt."
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