{"id":2272768,"date":"2024-06-20T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-measure-seeks-to-revoke-january-6-subpoenas-against-trump-associates\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T20:10:09","slug":"house-gop-measure-seeks-to-revoke-january-6-subpoenas-against-trump-associates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-measure-seeks-to-revoke-january-6-subpoenas-against-trump-associates\/","title":{"rendered":"House GOP Bill Aims to Cancel January 6 Subpoenas for Trump Allies"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fhouse-gop-measure-seeks-to-revoke-january-6-subpoenas-against-trump-associates%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=2272768&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--><p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-love-reproductive-choice-until-women-choose-to-stop-taking-the-pill\/\" title=\"Media supports reproductive choice until women opt to discontinue using contraception\">summary discusses<\/a> a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-legislature-introduces-first-in-nation-resolution-to-protect-against-democrat-court-packing\/\" title=\"Arizona Legislature Introduces First-In-Nation Resolution To Protect Against Democrat 'Court Packing'\">resolution introduced<\/a> by over two dozen\u200c House Republicans, aimed\u200d at rescinding \u200bJanuary 6 \u200bCommittee subpoenas against several associates of former President \u2062Donald Trump. The resolution also \u2062proposes to retract recommendations for holding these individuals\u2064 in\u200b contempt of Congress and requires the House speaker to inform\u200c the DOJ \u2062of these changes. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ccp-agents-reportedly-operating-covert-police-operations-in-the-u-s-canada-and-europe\/\" title=\"CCP Agents Reportedly Operating Covert Police Operations in the U.S., Canada, and Europe\">individuals targeted<\/a> by this resolution include former White House officials Stephen\u2063 Bannon, Peter\u2062 Navarro, Dan Scavino, and Mark \u200dMeadows. While\u2063 the DOJ \u200bdeclined to prosecute Scavino and Meadows, it pursued cases against Bannon\u2062 and Navarro, leading to convictions. Navarro is currently serving a four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-state-researcher-sentenced-to-prison-for-concealing-ties-to-chinese-spy-program\/\" title=\"Ohio State Researcher Sentenced to Prison for Concealing Ties to Chinese Spy Program\">-month prison <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">sentence<\/a><\/a>,\u200b and Bannon \u200bis\u200d scheduled to begin his sentence soon.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>A group of more than two dozen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/house-republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">House Republicans<\/a> unveiled this week a resolution that aims to rescind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/january-6-committee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">January 6 Committee<\/a> subpoenas against several associates of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The measure also seeks to withdraw recommendations that these individuals be held in contempt of Congress and require the House speaker to notify the Department of Justice (DOJ) of these actions.<\/p>\n<p>At focus are four ex-White House officials who refused to cooperate with subpoenas: Stephen Bannon, Peter Navarro, Dan Scavino, and Mark Meadows.<\/p>\n<p>The DOJ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/06\/03\/politics\/justice-department-declines-charge-meadows-scavino-january-6\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">declined<\/a> to prosecute Scavino and Meadows, but did open up cases and secure convictions against the others.<\/p>\n<p>Former White House trade adviser Navarro is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/19\/us\/politics\/peter-navarro-jail-contempt-congress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">serving<\/a> a four-month prison sentence. Bannon, Trump\u2019s former chief strategist who left the White House in 2017, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/federal-judge-orders-bannon-to-report-to-prison\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slated to report<\/a> to prison on July 1.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) <a href=\"https:\/\/burlison.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-burlison-introduces-resolution-rescind-subpoenas-stephen-k-bannon-mark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> the resolution on Tuesday, noting that it had 24 co-sponsors, including Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), and Chip Roy (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe subpoenas that were issued were legally insufficient and should be rescinded, and the contempt of Congress referrals based on those subpoenas should be withdrawn,\u201d Burlison said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats led the House when the now-defunct January 6 Committee ran its investigation. Two Republicans, now-former Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY) and Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), served on the panel.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), who served as chairman of the January 6 Committee, pushed back against the bid to revoke the subpoenas and withdraw the contempt of Congress recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThankfully, this resolution will have no impact,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/jan-6-subpoenas-against-trump-aides-would-revoked-under-new-bill\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">he told Fox News<\/a>, adding that the subpoenas \u201cwere litigated exhaustively, with contempt of Congress charges going as high as the Supreme Court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains to be seen whether the resolution will even be considered by the GOP-led House, but its co-sponsors would like to see a vote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican House should, by an official vote of the House, declare the subpoenas on Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro to be illegitimate and repealed,\u201d Massie said.<\/p>\n<p>He added, \u201cIf Congress does so, it will be an effective and needed repudiation of the sham January 6th committee.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, over two dozen House Republicans introduced a resolution to cancel January 6 Committee subpoices for several Trump associates. 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