McCarthy Brief: Bannon Contempt Charge Is Invalid

Politico reports:

Last July, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy withdrew his picks for the Jan. 6 select committee after Speaker Nancy Pelosi refused to seat two of his choices.

Now, McCarthy says a criminal conviction of Steve Bannon — who is facing contempt charges for defying a select committee subpoena — would be invalid because the committee doesn’t have enough members.

“It is undisputed that the Speaker of the House failed to appoint 13 Members to the Select Committee,” McCarthy argued in a legal brief Tuesday, submitted to U.S. District Court judge Carl Nichols, who is presiding over Bannon’s two-count contempt of Congress case.

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McCarthy himself has been subpoenaed.

McCarthy’s legal argument, filed to the judge in Bannon’s case, comes as he faces his own May 31 deadline to comply with a select committee subpoena. GOP Whip Steve Scalise signed onto the Bannon filing as well. https://t.co/jZqW7h2zgU

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) May 25, 2022

Steve Bannon this morning played the McCarthy tape and compared him and other Republicans on the call to Brutus and Cassius plotting to take out Julius Caesar. pic.twitter.com/ukvkoigLIW

— Ron Filipkowski ?? (@RonFilipkowski) April 22, 2022