{"id":1423930,"date":"2022-04-07T13:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423930"},"modified":"2022-04-07T13:14:42","modified_gmt":"2022-04-07T17:14:42","slug":"rep-donalds-slams-politically-motivated-january-6-criminal-contempt-house-vote-on-former-trump-aides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-donalds-slams-politically-motivated-january-6-criminal-contempt-house-vote-on-former-trump-aides\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Donalds Slams \u2018Politically Motivated\u2019 January 6 Criminal Contempt House Vote On Former Trump Aides"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-donalds-slams-politically-motivated-january-6-criminal-contempt-house-vote-on-former-trump-aides%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1423930&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1230456377.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After the House voted on Wednesday to recommend criminal contempt of Congress charges for two former White House aides in relation to the Capitol riot, Florida Republican Rep. Byron Donalds called the January 6 committee \u201ccrooked,\u201d noting that \u201cthe only crime\u201d of the aides was their \u201cunyielding support\u201d for the former president.<\/p>\n<p>The House voted 220 to 203, mostly along party lines, to refer criminal contempt charges for former Trump aides Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino Jr., who did not comply with subpoenas issued by the January 6 special committee.<\/p>\n<p>The committee has subpoenaed former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, former Defense Department official Kashyap Patel, former Trump personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, as well as January 6 protestors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese politically motivated investigations are a shell game for their failed policies, and unfortunately, innocent Americans are paying the hefty price,\u201d Donalds said in a statement Thursday. \u201cThe crooked manner by which the 1\/6 Committee is conducting business is a disgrace to the integrity of the House of Representatives, and the American people are sick and tired of these political games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There were only two Republicans, Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, who voted in favor of the contempt charges. Cheney and Kinzinger are members of the special committee and have likened the events on January 6 to an \u201cinsurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheney spokesperson Jeremy Adler declined The Daily Wire\u2019s request for comment, noting that the congresswoman \u201cmade her position very clear when she spoke on the floor yesterday.\u201d Kinzinger\u2019s press office did not respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the House\u2019s vote, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy slammed the committee\u2019s investigation \u2014 calling it a \u201cpolitical show trial.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-g5piaz evys1bk0\">\u201cLet me be clear: The riot on Jan. 6 was wrong,\u201d said McCarthy. \u201cBut make no mistake: the Democrats\u2019 response is also wrong. Democrats are using the power of the federal government to jail their political opponents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to McCarthy, Maryland Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin said members of the GOP were employing \u201ccircus tactics\u201d and a \u201cconga line\u201d to delay the contempt vote. But Republican Rep. Jim Banks fired back, noting that \u201cMr. Scavino has two boys\u201d and that jail time was unreasonable.<\/p>\n<p>According to the January 6 committee, Scavino promoted the idea that the 2020 presidential election was stolen. The committee determines that Scavino may have \u201cmaterials relevant to [Trump\u2019s] videotaping and tweeting\u201d on January 6.<\/p>\n<p>Navarro previously referenced executive privilege upon declining to testify before the committee, saying he \u201cshould negotiate this matter with President Trump\u201d and would be \u201chappy to comply\u201d should Trump waive the privilege. The Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-steve-bannon-subpoenas-elections-peter-navarro-4c28b02e068c8f2a768ae6975098fbd3\">waived<\/a> executive privilege for the Trump aides in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmid record inflation, skyrocketing gas prices, a war in Eastern Europe, the worsening border crisis, and lawlessness in America\u2019s cities, Democrats are turning their heads away from the real issues facing our nation by inappropriately continuing their fixation with former President Trump through the 1\/6 witch-hunt,\u201d Donalds also said, adding that the committee\u2019s \u201cinvestigation continued to come up short, yet they have no problem spending unnecessary taxpayer funds in hopes of finding a smoking gun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House vote comes on the heels of the first outright acquittal of a January 6 defendant, The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/judge-acquits-january-6-defendant-reasonably-believed-capitol-police-let-him-in-building\">reported<\/a>. Shortly after, Alan Dershowitz, who is representing another defendant charged similarly, told The Daily Wire it was an \u201cenormously important\u201d decision that could sway momentum in his legal team\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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