Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) dismissed on Wednesday the House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol and former Trump White House senior official Steve Bannon as “a uniquely Washington obsession.”
On Tuesday, the committee voted to refer criminal contempt charges against Bannon. The full House is expected to vote on the referral resolution on Thursday. Ultimately, charges are brought by the Department of Justice.
“The average American, when they wake up, I don’t think one of the first hundred things they think about is Steve Bannon’s podcast, the things he said before or after Jan. 6,” said Gaetz, testifying before the House Rules Committee. “I think that is a uniquely Washington obsession.”
“And it wouldn’t be so damaging to our country if it wasn’t absorbing the capacity of the Congress to meet the actual challenges that the American people are facing,” he continued. “I mean, do you really think that your constituents are out there hoping that you guys are here sharing hot takes on Steve Bannon’s podcast rather than dealing with
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