Jimmy Williams The House of Representatives has temporarily suspended the progression of a resolution aiming to hold Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress. Talks have resumed between Biden’s legal team and the House Judiciary and Oversight committees, focusing on scheduling a date for the president’s son to appear and testify. …
Read More »House Committees Vote To Recommend Contempt Charges For Hunter Biden
Jimmy Williams House Republicans took a significant step toward holding Hunter Biden in contempt of Congress after he skipped a closed-door deposition last month. The House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee voted along party lines to recommend contempt charges against the son of President Joe Biden, paving the way for …
Read More »Hunter Biden Makes Surprise Appearance At His Contempt Of Congress Hearing
Jimmy Williams Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, appeared on Capitol Hill as congressional committees voted on recommending contempt charges against him. The unprecedented clash unfolded as Republicans on the Oversight and Judiciary Committees sought his testimony for their impeachment inquiry into the president. Accompanied by attorneys Abbe Lowell …
Read More »Ex-Trump Adviser Peter Navarro Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Defying Jan. 6 Panel
A federal jury on Thursday found Peter Navarro, who served as a trade adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the congressional panel that probed the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Despite a February 2022 subpoena from the House Select Committee …
Read More »Steve Bannon Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
Former Trump aide Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $6,500 fine for contempt of Congress charges stemming from his defiance of a subpoena issued by the House January 6 committee. The sentence amounts to less than the six-month prison term …
Read More »Justice Department Requests Prison Sentence For Steve Bannon
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, in a new court filing, asked a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, the former aide of Donald Trump, to six months in prison in addition to a fine of $200,000 for being convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. The …
Read More »Steve Bannon Guilty of Contempt of Congress for Defying Jan. 6 Subpoena
Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A federal jury on Friday found Steve Bannon—who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist—guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. “The subpoena …
Read More »House Votes To Hold Trump Advisors Navarro, Scavino In Contempt of Congress
Former President Donald Trump‘s advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, for failing to comply with the House committee probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Navarro, a top trade adviser to the Republican former president, and Scavino, who was deputy chief of staff, …
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