Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon exits Manhattan Federal Court in August 2020. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
The Jan. 6 committee’s anticipated vote on Tuesday citing Steve Bannon for criminal contempt of Congress may be one of the last chances for lawmakers to seek meaningful consequences for former President Trump’s attempt to effectively stage a coup.
After multiple and historic attempts to hold Trump to account for abuses of power — including two impeachments — failed to check his aberrant behavior, the rare move to try to enforce testimony from Bannon is intended to send a stern message to other allies of the former President whom the committee wants to question.
What is at stake is nothing less than the ability of a separate, co-equal branch of government to hold
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