Last month, the House approved a criminal contempt resolution against Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon for his refusal to provide testimony to the Select Committee about his role in the January 6 insurrection.
After 16 days of the vote, Attorney General Merrick Garland has not even signaled if he would pursue charges against Bannon, and Democrats are starting to complain about his lack of action on pursuing a criminal contempt charge against Bannon, CNN reports.
Democratic strategist Kurt Bardella fired a shot on Twitter, asking: “How the f*ck is Steve Bannon still a free man?”
Others, line liberal group “Free Speech for People,” are even calling on Garland to resign, suggesting that since he “is unwilling to step up, it is time for him to step down,” according to CNN.
For his part, Garland appears to be unfazed amid the criticism.
During testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee —on the same day that the House officially held Bannon in contempt— Garland said: “The Department of Justice will do what it always does in such circumstances. We’ll apply the facts and the law and make a decision, consistent with the principles of prosecution.”
But he made it clear that people who resisted subpoenas to testify before the January 6 committee should be prosecuted by the Justice Department.
Bannon became an immediate target of the Jan 6 probe over his comments before, during, and after the attack on the Capitol.
In late December, Bannon told Trump during a phone call that January 6 —the date of the official certification of the Electoral College vote by Congress— was the moment for a reckoning, and urged him to use that day as his last stand to undo his loss to Biden by pushing false claims of election fraud, authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa wrote in their book, “Peril.”
CNN noted that “Bannon himself has owned up to his role in plotting with Trump to undermine the Biden presidency on January 6 — and he’s even sort of declared victory.”
How the f*ck is Steve Bannon still a free man?
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) November 5, 2021
Government Accountability Group Calls for AG Garland's Resignation: Latest #BradCast
Guest: Legal expert @JohnBonifaz of @FSFP; Also: GOP gerrymandering getting worse, Dems running out of time to stop it…
FULL STORY, LISTEN: https://t.co/VSSKY8Uvi5 pic.twitter.com/FRUOaRvRkd
— Brad Friedman (@TheBradBlog) November 6, 2021
📽️ VIDEO:
"With democracy on the line and our Constitution on the line, we need an AG who is going to enforce the rule of law against everyone including the former president of the United States."FSFP's @JohnBonifaz on our #GarlandResign statement.
✍️ >> https://t.co/ZbGGK3Nzu1 pic.twitter.com/x7gb8bcVI0— FreeSpeechForPeople (@FSFP) November 5, 2021
