The House committee investigating the January 6 riot has shared a criminal contempt report on after Steve Bannon skipped out on his subpoena to testify, insisting he would not do so until the matter of former President Trump's executive privilege is settled.
Last week, the committee announced it would move forward with criminal charges.
Rep. Bennie Thompson, chair of the select committee, said in a statement that Bannon was 'hiding behind insufficient, blanket and vague statements regarding privileges he has purported to invoke.'
Lawmakers investigating January 6th Capitol attack asked Steven Bannon for documents and testimony from April 2020 onwards relating to the attack. Pictured in August 2020
'The Select Committee will not tolerate defiance of our subpoenas, so we must move forward with proceedings to refer Mr. Bannon for criminal contempt.'
The panel is scheduled to vote on the criminal referral on Tuesday night, and if charged, Bannon faces up to a year in jail or a $100,000 fine.
The criminal contempt report details the correspondence between Bannon and the committee with information about what happened on the day he was scheduled to make his deposition.
'Mr. Bannon has relied on no legal authority to support his refusal to comply in any fashion with the subpoena,' the report states.
Robert Costello, said Trump's 'executive privilege' meant that Bannon was unable to comply with the request to supply information to the select committee
The select committee also notes executive privilege has not been invoked, nor has there been any communication with former President Trump on the issue.
'The Select Committee has not been provided with any formal invocation of executive privilege by the President, the former President or any other employee of the executive branch,' the report notes.
However, it details that Bannon was a private citizen during the period of time over which the committee is seeking information, adding: 'The law is clear that executive privilege does not extend to discussions between the President and private citizens relating to non-governmental business or among private citizens.'
'At no point during the time period under investigation by the Select Committee was Mr. Bannon a government employee, much less a key White House adviser in the Office of the President.'
Furthermore, the committee says that the information it is seeking from Bannon does not involve Trump and is therefore another reason as to why there is no need for it to be protected.
The committee, pictured, has said it will now bring criminal contempt proceedings against former the White House strategist on Tuesday night
The subpoena seeks documents and communications dating back to April 1, 2020 and asks Bannon to produce any permits and documents related to the planning, financing, objectives and communications for the pro-Trump January 6 rally on
