Arizona U.S. Representatives Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05), Paul Gosar (R-AZ-09), and Eli Crane (R-AZ-02) sponsored a resolution introduced on Tuesday that would rescind subpoenas that the House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack sent to multiple aides of former President Donald Trump.
The resolution, H.Res.1305, would “rescind the subpoenas issued by the illegitimate January 6th Committee for Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro; withdraw the recommendations that these individuals be found in contempt of Congress; and require the Speaker of the House to notify the Department of Justice of these actions.”
Missouri U.S. Representative Eric Burlison (R-MO-07). filed H.Res.1305.
A great thread by @RepEricBurlison.
The illegitimately constructed and biased January 6th Committee must be held accountable for its pursuit of political opponents. https://t.co/EGNSkI7qTM
— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) June 19, 2024
“It is past time for the House of Representatives to take action to begin undoing the harm that was caused by the illegitimate January 6th Committee. The Committee was nothing more than a political witch hunt to blame President Trump and his advisors for the events that took place on January 6, 2021, and influence the 2022 mid-term elections and 2024 presidential election,” Burlison said in a statement.
Bannon, Trump’s former strategic adviser and host of War Room, and Navarro, Trump’s former trade adviser, were both sentenced to four months in prison in cases stemming from their contempt referrals by Congress.
Navarro is currently serving his four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress, which he began in March.
Bannon was ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by July 1 to serve his sentence for his 2022 conviction on contempt of Congress charges for ignoring a subpoena from the select committee.
Meadows and Scavino were not prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
Biggs, who was one of the original sponsors of the resolution, said, “The illegitimately constructed and biased January 6th Committee must be held accountable for its pursuit of political opponents.”
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Kaitlin Housler is a reporter at The Arizona Sun Times and The Star News Network. Follow Kaitlin on X / Twitter.
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