Nancy Pelosi’s Subpoena Trap
The January 6 Committee has swept aside any consideration of fairness.
by George Parry
January 3, 2022, 11:20 PM
“Since my first day in office, I have promised Justice Department employees that together we would show the American people by word and deed that the department adheres to the rule of law, follows the facts and the law, and pursues equal justice under the law. Today’s charges reflect the department’s steadfast commitment to these principles.”
So said Attorney General Merrick Garland as he announced the indictment of Stephen Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his refusal to comply with a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill protest. As with so much else uttered by Garland, his announcement has no basis in fact or law. To the contrary, far from upholding a federal prosecutor’s legal and ethical obligation to seek the truth and to do justice under the law, the charges against Bannon, a former advisor to President Donald Trump, are the tawdry and illicit product of a Justice Department committed to serving the nakedly partisan political interests of the Democrat Party.
In its campaign to re-write Trump’s legacy, the “House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the United States Capitol” has abandoned the rule of law and implemented an unprecedented and corruptly illegal process calculated to ensnare, incarcerate, and bankrupt former members of his administration. And, to its everlasting shame and disgrace, with Bannon’s indictment, Garland’s Justice Department has become a co-conspirator in this dishonest political scheme.
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