Pollak: In Contempt Votes, Democrat House Shows It Is Beneath ContemptJoel B. Pollak 14 Dec 2021
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Tuesday for the second time in recent weeks to hold a potential witness at the January 6 committee in contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena — despite having legitimate constitutional objections.
Mark Meadows, a former member of the House and former chief of staff for President Donald Trump, was held in contempt on Tuesday. Former Trump adviser (and former Breitbart News executive chairman) Stephen K. Bannon was also held in contempt last month.
The fact that the Department of Justice (DOJ) chose to file criminal misdemeanor charges against him is not a sign of the validity of the charges, but the continued politicization of the department, despite Biden’s empty promises.
The House has held officials in contempt of Congress before, both for frivolous, political reasons — and for legitimate ones.
In 2019, the House held then-Attorney General William Barr in contempt for refusing to hand over grand jury materials from Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into phony “Russia collusion” — even though, as Barr repeatedly noted, he was prevented from handing over those materials because of federal statutes that only Congress itself could have changed.
More serious were the contempt charges against former IRS official Lois Lerner, who targeted conservative groups before the 2012 election and then refused to testify before the House. The Department of Justice let her off the hook.
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