Bannon Subpoenas Pelosi And House January 6 Committee Members To Fight Contempt Charges

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"In this particular case I'm extremely confident that the staff members and members of the House would be shielded by the Speech and Debate Clause," said Thomas Spulak, who served as general counsel to the House of Representatives in the 1990s.



The lawmakers and staffers could file a motion to quash the subpoenas on those grounds.



"I'm very confident that defense would be upheld, and they will not be compelled to produce anything or appear for anything," Spulak said.



Bannon's attorneys are seeking to challenge the makeup of the House select committee, question lawmakers' motives for targeting Bannon and argue Bannon was not required to testify because doing so could have jeopardized former President Trump's executive privilege. Premium ebooks



"I believed from the start that it's a purely political motive going after Bannon," said David Schoen, one of Bannon's attorneys. He said if the committee truly wanted Bannon's testimony, it would not have referred him for criminal contempt charges.



"They'll never get his testimony now," Schoen said. "I have to draw the conclusion it's purely a political message. They're afraid of the message Bannon puts out there." Minecraft mods that everyone should have



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Other Republicans have also challenged the legitimacy of the committee and refused to testify. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy refused to comply with a committee subpoena, claiming it was not legally valid. Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro, who has been charged with two counts of contempt of Congress, also refused to testify and has cited executive privilege issues and claimed his subpoena from the "kangaroo committee" was unenforceable.



The subpoenas also call for targets to hand over a roster of documents, including items relevant to the establishment of the committee, the decision to refer Bannon for criminal contempt and communications with one of Bannon's lawyers. In the case of Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Jamie Raskin, Bannon's team has also requested documents that pertain to their recently published books.