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Contempt of Congress
February 25, 2025
Matt Ford
The Law’s Trump-Size Hole Is Suddenly Exposed
The judicial system has started to rule against the administration’s decimation of the civil service. If only it could actually enforce its rulings.
July 11, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Hypocrite Mike Johnson Votes for Garland Plan He Begged to Drop
Representative Anna Paulina Luna’s motion to hold Merrick Garland in inherent contempt still failed miserably, though.
July 3, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Top GOPer Says This Bonkers Rule Would Have Saved Steve Bannon
Oklahoma’s state education official thinks Christian nationalism would have kept Bannon out of jail.
July 2, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Watch: Bill Barr’s Priceless Reaction as Steve Bannon Heads to Prison
The former U.S. attorney general couldn’t help but laugh.
July 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Steve Bannon’s Podcast Somehow Just Got Even Worse
Representatives Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Lauren Boebert will each take a turn guest-hosting Bannon’s show.
July 1, 2024
Talia Jane
Steve Bannon Press Conference Outside Prison Ends in Total Disaster
MAGA mastermind Steve Bannon tried to offer his last words before heading to prison. It did not go to plan.
June 26, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
House Republican Invents Bonkers Reason Steve Bannon Should Go Free
Representative Barry Loudermilk argued that Bannon was justified in ignoring his congressional subpoena.
June 26, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Desperate Mike Johnson Leads Wild Moves to Save Steve Bannon
The House speaker and his Republican colleagues are attempting to overturn Bannon’s jail sentence.
June 12, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Mike Johnson Weaponizes Government in Fight Against Biden
The House speaker insisted Merrick Garland’s situation is different from that of Republicans who refused to testify in front of the January 6 committee.
June 12, 2024
Edith Olmsted
Desperate Steve Bannon Mocked for Pathetic Attempt to Avoid Prison
Donald Trump’s former adviser begged an appeals court not to make him go to jail.
May 10, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Threat to Democracy Steve Bannon Will Be in Jail Through Election
A court has unanimously rejected Bannon’s appeal of his contempt of Congress convictions.
March 19, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Fox News Brutally Fact-Checks Peter Navarro Speech at Prison Doors
Even Fox News knows the gig is fully up for the former Donald Trump adviser.
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