Bannon Held In Bipartisan Contempt -- Lock Him Up!

[ancianita]

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[Sneederbunk]

1. Now DOJ, get on this pronto.

[lagomorph777]

8. Yeah, sure.

These things take time...must fully investigate every minute irrelevant loophole that might let him slip away...

[msfiddlestix]

31. Jesus. Took a whole week to get from the committee to the full house.

DOJ will run out the clock, no doubt.

[ancianita]

2. Per Adam Schiff, Steve Bannon will become not the exception, but the rule in enforcement.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Man, I hope so!

[ancianita]

4. I'm with you. Depends on Democrats staying in the majority, won't it.

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[MissB]

5. Beautiful

Well deserved

[Walleye]

6. I thought the DOJ had to start a grand jury according to the law

C-SPAN has text that is saying the DOJ has a choice which is it?

[ancianita]

9. I believe you're right. It will take longer, BUT the grand jury can actually lead to calling Trump.

Since a grand jury can call anyone to stand before them, they can force Trump, no lawyer, to stand and testify, and hoist himself with his own petard.

[leftieNanner]

10. Oh wouldn't that be wonderful??

Seeing TFG in court in front of a Grand Jury would be the best! (Grand Juries are behind-closed-doors, but the whole idea makes me smile)

Damn! But I want his ass in a sling.

[Mr.Bill]

12. This makes me fantasize

that they should give Trump full immunity to testify, so he can't take the 5th, then watch as he throws everyone, including his own kids, under the bus. The fantasy is not whether Trump would do this, (he would) but whether the Grand Jury would.

[Ford_Prefect]

13. Trump hasn't got the functional ability to speak in front of a Grand Jury.

He'd just sit there and yell about entrapment, and then try to walk out on the proceedings.

[Walleye]

18. Ooh. That is a brilliant idea

[PortTack]

7. This is good. I would imagine the gqp ppl that had nothing to do with tfg, bannon or any

Of the other insurrectionists don’t want to be caught up in their criminal enterprise!

[monkeyman1]

11. lock bannon up !

then use a fire hose to scrub his ass & shave his head & check for lice !

[bucolic_frolic]

14. 229? Surprised it was that many.

A handful of Republicans keep the light on for democracy. The rest of them tied up Lady Liberty and tied her to the railroad tracks.

[AZ8theist]

23. I'm shocked 202 voted against the rule of law..

Well, not shocked really.
Not shocked at all. Repukes are now the party of Fascism and Dictatorship.

[Evolve Dammit]

15. Lock the seditious fascist up. Let him try to be the martyr he wants to be. From prison. n/t

[ancianita]

16. Yep. And it would be total Bannon for him to sit silent in jail for his entire sentence.

He'd show us!

[TheRickles]

17. Any idea which R's supported this?

[ancianita]

20. I don't know all their names, but I'll go look...

I don't know who Mace and Fitzpatrick are, but they voted against impeachment but FOR holding Bannon in contempt. Some Repubs who voted for impeachment voted against holding SB in contempt.

[Norbert]

26. Gonzalez is one. Good for him. Good for us.

Top row, 2nd from left.

[ancianita]

27. Okay. Here are the nine.

Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming (January 6 committee member)
Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania
Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio

Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington
Rep. John Katko of New York
Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois (January 6 committee member)

Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina
Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan
Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan

[TheRickles]

33. Thanks! Good to know there are a few more than just the 1/6 Committee members.

[Patton French]

19. Red Jump Suit!

Now!

[brooklynite]

21. Before you get too excited...

This is a CONTEMPT citation, not a criminal charge. "Lock him up" applies ONLY if the subject continues to refuse to appear before Congress when apprehended.

[ancianita]

24. I'm aware. I was revving up excitement for the rest of the process. I hear ya.

[totodeinhere]

22. The vote was hardly bipartisan.

The vast majority of Republicans voted "no." Of course Cheney and Kinzinger voted "yes" but they do not represent the Republican Party as it is today.

[ancianita]

25. I'll take hardly. It's better than not.

What is the number for correctly calling any vote "bipartisan"?

[Kablooie]

28. Yeah! Lock him up ... after 2 years of lawsuits and appeals from his lawyers.

That seems to be the Trumpy way.
Keep everything spinning in the court ad infinitum until the threat finally fades away.

Of course you have to be able to afford a team of lawyers for two years but I guess with multiple Republican billionaire activists to foot the bill, it's not your problem.

[AllaN01Bear]

29. take the keys and lock him up, lock him up, lock him up my fair lady o.

[Jon King]

32. You do realize he wants to go to jail right?

This is a no brainer. He can only go a maximum of 1 year. He will go to a Fed prison for non violent offenders. not that tough a stint. He comes out in 8 months or 12 months, he is a MAGA god.

The MAGAs shower him with speaking gigs, book deals, TV shows, and he and his family are set for the rest of their lives.

This all sounds like a thing but he will not cooperate and will end up set for life financially.

[ancianita]

34. I do. I posted that point somewhere earlier in the thread. He could also just show up,

before Congress, say little to nothing, and be released with no jail time. He'd still be a god of the alt-right fascist world.

There will be no way to get to Trump through Bannon unless the DOJ has a powerful case to make and has Trump subpoenaed by a grand jury, and then jailed for not speaking to the grand jury.

Jan 6 Committee work can still proceed, with all future subpoenaed not-Bannon witnesses seeing their futures.

Something and someone will corroborate the millions of documents they already hold that show paper trails and communications, possible networks of both.