On Tuesday night, Speaker Mike Johnson declared his approval for the U.S. House to intervene in Steve Bannon’s contempt case just before the former Trump aide was due to report to prison.
Speaking to Fox News host Sean Hannity, Johnson revealed that he has given authorization for the House counsel to submit an amicus brief in support of Bannon’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court.
The brief will argue that the January 6 committee, which is controlled by Democrats, was improperly established and its activities compromised.
“We’re working on filing an amicus brief with his appellate work there in his case because the January 6 committee was, we think, wrongfully constituted,” Johnson said. “We think the work was tainted. We think that they may have very well covered up evidence and maybe even more nefarious activities.
“We’ve been investigating the committee itself. We disagree with how Speaker Pelosi, put all that together. We think it violated House rules and so we will be expressing that to the court, and I think it will help Steve Bannon and his appeal,” he added.
It is rare for Congress to intervene in any criminal case.
Bannon argues that he shouldn’t have to serve four months in prison as sentenced because the January 6 committee abused its authority in holding him in contempt.
The last-minute appeal to the Supreme Court has taken on new significance in the debate over whether there is a dual system of justice.
Earlier this month, the Biden Justice Department announced it would not prosecute Attorney General Merrick Garland even though he refused to turn over evidence to Congress as subpoenaed.
Speaker Mike Johnson’s approval for the U.S. House to intervene in Steve Bannon’s contempt case has added an intriguing twist to an already contentious legal battle.
By authorizing the submission of an amicus brief in support of Bannon’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, Johnson has brought to light the deeply divisive nature of the January 6 committee’s actions and their implications for justice and accountability.
The decision to intervene in a criminal case is exceptionally rare for Congress, underscoring the gravity of this situation.
Johnson’s assertion that the committee was improperly constituted and its activities compromised raises significant questions about potential abuses of power and the integrity of the investigation into the events of January 6.
Bannon’s argument that he shouldn’t have to serve his prison sentence due to alleged abuses by the committee has sparked a vigorous debate about fairness and equal treatment under the law.
This debate has been further fueled by recent decisions from the Biden Justice Department, raising concerns about a potential dual system of justice.
As this legal drama unfolds, it is clear that it holds broader implications for our understanding of justice, accountability, and the separation of powers.
The forthcoming amicus brief represents a critical moment in this ongoing saga, with far-reaching implications for both Bannon’s case and broader questions about government oversight and accountability.
The resolution of this case will undoubtedly have significant ramifications for future congressional investigations and legal proceedings involving high-profile political figures.
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Mr. Bannon having been a media purveyor of truth and co-founding Brietbart News a conservative news outlet along with being the top ally and strategist for President Trump before and after he was elected made him a “primary political target” buy the “evil Washington D.C Cabal!”
It’s a well-established fact that most if not all major allies and members of the Trump team have been targeted, pursued, harassed and wrongly prosecuted with many “frame jobs or witch hunts,” as say the “Honorable General Michael Flynn” who was literally set-up by the FBI to then be kicked around in the judicial system!
When will this actual treason stop, that’s being carried on continuously by these “derelict corrupted as hell politicians and bureaucrats in the Cabal?”
For this we pray in the name of Jesus!
Amen.
They need to free the Jan 6 prisoners on ROR and file charges against all committee members for illegal committee. Pelosi had no right to override speakers committee member selection to get all communists on .
Absolutely the truth! It’s a travesty what they did and got away with for far too long! At least 1200 political prisoners sit rotting in the DC Gulag because of these treasonous communists we have in our Congress! The amount of injustice in America now being perpetrated against the innocent is beyond belief; but far too many signs of things to come that would be ruinous to all were ignored and kicked to the curb; and now we have a massive problem that will not go away without hard justice against all those responsible for causing it; regardless of their age, status or clout!
As Pelosi said with such firmness, “Nobody is above the law!” That includes her and even the current so called president! But we know she is a hypocrite! They stand convicted by their own lips!
Luke 12:1-3 “1In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. 3What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.”
Amen.
Didn’t Johnson promise to release J6 vid? Where is it? Why has he not released as promised? Does he know that there is something in there that would be damning for quite a few Rino Repub? as well? What is in there that he is trying to hide or cover for? 202 225 4000 demand Johnson release the vids as he promised! Sequester Ratskin/Benny Johnson/Schumer/Pelosi’s laptops! Were they not bought with taxpayer’s funds? Therefore…..Bet there is a trove of evidence that J6 was a setup! As well as other incriminating evidence they have on themselves! Blackmail? etc. I would NOT doubt!!
Back when Johnson was being appointed so many conservatives were elated and saying he will be doing the right thing and finally do the job that former speaker McCarthy didn’t lift a finger to do! I said not so fast guys, I don’t like something about this Johnson either and I will only believe all of your hopeful projections about how good a job he is going to do when “I see it happen for real, very tangible results!” Until then he is just “another stuffed shirt con man!”
Sorry to say I feel very bad for Bannon, a real actual guy with balls and who is a fine Navel Veteran to boot, who already has been hung out to dry because these clown in the House would have been making some big moves for him prior to now! Peter Navarro is in prison and look at all of the some 1200 J6 political prisoners folks! Did we see that action for all those scum BLM or Antifa who were classified actual domestic terrorists that burned down buildings, looted and murdered in cities across the nation in the Summer of 2020; those so called peaceful social protests that Pelosi and Harris framed them as being, that were no way any such animal, but actually were riots and mayhem the likes of which this nation has never seen to that scale!
Little faith in the people that run our government, who rather than serving the people serve themselves most of the time!