“The House was expected to vote on Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, the former chief strategist to Donald Trump, in criminal contempt for refusing to assist the congressional investigation into the 6 January insurrection. Hell yeah! Criminal contempt makes sense to me because I feel a lot of contempt for that criminal.” —Stephen Colbert
“The expected vote is big moment, because while 650 members of the pro-Trump mob have been arrested for storming the Capitol, this is the first time we’ve seen any accountability for one of the big fish. Or, in Bannon’s case, one of those weird, gelatinous fish that live in eternal darkness with spiky teeth and a lantern blob up here growing out their face.” —Stephen Colbert
“It’s going to feel great to see these consequences – when they happen, if they happen, at a date to be named later. There is a labyrinthine, toothless process ahead: the contempt question will first go to vote in the House, then certified by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, then sent to the Department of Justice for evaluation based on the facts and the law. The DoJ would then decide to bring the case to a grand jury, who would have to indict Bannon, at which point the case would go to trial in Washington. Pending conviction, Bannon could face a fine of $100 to $100,000 and one month to one year in jail, but he would not be forced to disclose any information about his role in the insurrection. In other words: justice!” —Stephen Colbert
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