Congress votes to hold Steve Bannon in contempt

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The House voted to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress for refusing to testify before a panel created to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

While Bannon wasn’t working at the White House in January, he talked to Trump ahead of the rally near the Capitol that day. He helped plan it, according to Democratic lawmakers and Republicans Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, the two GOP lawmakers willing to participate on the committee.

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