US House approves resolution recommending criminal prosecution of Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino for contempt of Congress. The matter is now in US Justice Dept hands.
And there were only 2 GOP votes to recommend criminal prosecution which were Reps Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger.
What this vote tells us, is that the Republican party feels that Trump officials are above the law and can do whatever they want. According to Republicans, Trump officials can ignore lawful subpoenas and not have to answer questions of the crimes they were involved with.
How does that make you feel?
If you were served with a subpoena and decided you would refuse to appear in court to answer in front of the judge, the judge would issue a warrant for your arrest and you would be in jail. But the Republican party has decided that Trump officials should be allowed to play by their own rules and not have to be subject to the same American laws that we all have to follow.
Once again, it's abundantly clear that the GOP is trying to protect Criminal Donald and his henchmen from their crimes.
The GOP is also trying to protect themselves because an overwhelming number of them were involved in either the attempted coup or helping to plan the insurrection itself. They all spread false election lies, voted against certifying Joe Biden's win, or appeared at the 1/6 insurrection rally to incite the violence.
Criminal Donald lost the election in a blowout and there was never any voter fraud. So there was absolutely no reason to object to Joe Biden's victory and to claim bogus voter fraud. There was also no reason to have the 1/6 insurrection rally because the election was never stolen. The only reason the GOP pushed the "big lie" and held this 1/6 insurrection rally is that they were angry their messiah Criminal Donald lost the election and they wanted to illegally keep him in power against the will of the people. That is called treason and all who were involved in this treasonous act needs to go to prison for their crimes against the United States of America.
5 people died and over 140 police officers were injured on January 6th due to Trump's MAGA thugs beating them with weapons. These deaths and injuries were based on Trump's, the GOP, and the right wing media's lies based on an illegal and coordinated attempt to keep Criminal Donald in power. That is a conspiracy to defraud the United States. House minority leader Kevin McCarthy called it "political theatre" for standing up for the rule of law and our democracy. Over 140 police officers were severely attacked and beaten and McCarthy calls it "political theatre" because he wants this entire criminal act covered up.
If it wasn't for the brave actions of the Capitol police officers, members of Congress would have been killed or taken hostage by Trump's MAGA thugs. But Republicans want to still cover up the entire violent criminal coup attempt.
Who in their right mind would want this criminal conspiracy GOP party to control our government when they helped coordinate this coup and have repeatedly voted against law and order? Not to mention, they voted against every single bill that has benefited Americans including the American Rescue Plan that has created the best economy on record.
The GOP desperately wants to cover up 1/6 and to protect all of those criminals who were involved. Their votes and their actions have proven it time and time again.
House votes to refer Trump aides Scavino, Navarro to DOJ for criminal contemptThe House of Representatives voted Wednesday evening to hold two former Trump administration officials in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol
The aides — former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro and former White House deputy chief of staff Dan Scavino Jr. — will now be referred to the Justice Department for possible criminal charges. If indicted, they could face up to 12 months in jail and a maximum fine of $100,000.
Navarro and Scavino did not immediately respond to requests for comment Wednesday evening on the House vote.
Wednesday’s vote, 220 to 203, was largely along party lines. While debating the resolution, a number of Republican members of Congress criticized the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation, including House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
“The January 6 Committee is a political show trial that tramples on civil rights and congressional norms,” McCarthy said. “When Republicans win back the House, this theater will stop.”
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, charged that the select committee “is purely political, designed to do one thing: Keep Donald Trump off the ballot in 2024.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., who sits on the panel, praised its only two Republican members, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, for their work on the investigation despite backlash from Trump and his allies within the Republican Party.
“If you don't go along with what Donald Trump says, if you don’t act like you're a robot or a member of a religious cult, they destroy you,” Raskin said.
The Jan. 6 select committee voted unanimously last week to hold Scavino and Navarro in contempt after both men refused to comply with subpoenas seeking testimony and documents detailing their roles in Trump’s effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The riot at the U.S. Capitol that was instigated by supporters of the former president resulted in five deaths and left more than 140 police officers injured.
Both men have attempted to argue that, because they were working in the White House at the time of the riot, the information sought by the committee is shielded by executive privilege.
Wednesday’s vote by the full House makes Navarro and Scavino the third and fourth former Trump advisers to be referred to the DOJ for criminal charges in connection with the investigation into the attack on the Capitol.
So far, only the first of those referrals, for former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon, has resulted in a federal indictment for criminal contempt of Congress.
The Justice Department is still considering whether to prosecute former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows after the full House voted to refer him for contempt charges in December. The committee also voted to advance another contempt referral for former Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in November, but that one never made it to the full House after Clark agreed to sit for an interview with the committee, during which he invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 100 times.
https://news.yahoo.com/house-votes-to-refer-trump-aides-scavino-navarro-to-doj-for-criminal-contempt-225741282.html
