House Republican Invents Bonkers Reason Steve Bannon Should Go Free
Republicans in Congress are desperately trying to save Steve Bannon from prisonand theyre coming up with some insane legal theories in the process.
Representative Barry Loudermilk filed a brief with the Supreme Court Wednesday not only asking them to throw out Bannons contempt of Congress case but also adopting the standard that if any witness in a congressional investigation thinks a subpoena isnt valid, they can ignore it.
Its a crazy thing to push in a legal filing, and it completely ignores the facts of Bannons case: He didnt make any such legal arguments until after he had flouted the subpoena against him. Subpoenas are meant to compel someone to come to court and testify. The idea that a witness should be allowed to ignore one would defeat their entire purpose.
Loudermilks filing didnt even come from House lawyers, but rather outside counsel: Stephen Millers America First Legal firm, to be exact.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/house-republican-invents-bonkers-reason-192644778.html
riversedge
(73,149 posts)The Repug House is disgracing themselves. But that is, sadly, nothing new.
Loudermilks filing didnt even come from House lawyers, but rather outside counsel: Stephen Millers America First Legal firm, to be exact.
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SWBTATTReg
(24,140 posts)to death. And we have enough idiots on the republican side anyways.
EndlessWire
(7,254 posts)Here's an article explaining the origin and various workings of First Legal:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/21/us/politics/stephen-miller-america-first-legal.html
This is the group that wanted to argue before Aileen Cannon, which she denied. They do have lawyers on staff. I guess they're using the Congress Critter to advance their cause.
Add: I was able to read the entire article, but I see now that it is blocked. So, here's an alternate article:
https://ballotpedia.org/Stephen_Miller_(Washington,_D.C.)