The GOP Is Unembarrassed
Plus: Contempt for Bannon
"Mr. Bannon's and Mr. Trump's privilege arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing: They suggest that President Trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of January 6th, and this committee will get to the bottom of that." — Rep. Liz Cheney
Happy Wednesday.
The January 6 Committee voted unanimously to hold Steve Bannon in contempt and referred criminal charges to the Department of Justice. Expect a long and difficult process, but the committee’s vote was a a clear signal that it was not playing around with the stonewalling Trumpist trolls.
ICYMI, Cheney also had a pointed message for her GOP colleagues:
Spoiler alert: the vast majority will ignore her.
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