Kevin McCarthy calls Steve Bannon subpoena ‘invalid’

Published October 21, 2021 4:44pm ET



Ahead of a scheduled House vote to hold Steve Bannon, who was an adviser to former President Donald Trump, in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy argued that subpoena is “invalid.”

“Issuing invalid subpoena weakens our power, not if somebody votes against it,” McCarthy said at a press conference.

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