Kinzinger: Potential Criminal Referral of Steve Bannon Will Make Others Think Twice About Ignoring Subpoenas
"And anybody that is either being subpoenaed now or will be in the future think twice before you reject a lawful order from Congress,” Illinois Republican says
Don't follow the path of former Trump advisor Steve Bannon and try to resist a lawful subpoena by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection.
That's a warning from straight from one of two Republicans serving on the panel.
The select committee — investigating all aspects of the storming of the US Capitol Building, and the events which led up to it — has now more than once compelled the testimony of Bannon, Donald Trump's erstwhile White House advisor.
Bannon, through his lawyer, is refusing given that Trump is claiming executive privilege; however, since he is no longer president, Trump’s claims of privilege no longer have any legal force.
The committee is looking to collect and report the facts about the worst insurrection on US soil since the Civil War, in which violent Trump supporters attacked the Capitol in an unsuccessful attempt to overturn the lawful and legitimate certification of Joe Biden as the next president of the United States.
Members of select committee are looking to seek potential criminal enforcement against Bannon if he persists, according to Rep Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who along with Rep Liz Cheney of Wyoming, are the only two Republicans serving on the panel.
“I mean, we’re not going to jump to doing that immediately because obviously that’s big. There’s a lot of people that know a lot. But I’m going to tell you, I know the members of this committee. We’ve been meeting a lot. We’re talking about these issues. We are determined to get to the bottom of what happened,” Kinzinger said. “I think what you’re seeing with the potential criminal referral by Steve, of Steve Bannon by the committee, hopefully if people misinterpret anything else, interpret this. We’re serious about this. And anybody that is either being subpoenaed now or will be in the future think twice before you reject a lawful order from Congress.”
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