President Biden: Prosecute those who defy Jan. 6 subpoenas

By Nandita Bose | Reuters

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden said connected Friday the U.S. Justice Department should prosecute radical who defy subpoenas to attest earlier a legislature prime committee probing the deadly Jan. 6 battle connected the Capitol.

“I anticipation that the committee goes aft them and holds them accountable,” Biden said, referring to the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee investigating the riot.

Asked whether helium believed the Justice Department should prosecute, Biden told reporters, “I do, yes.”

The committee plans to ballot connected Tuesday connected adopting a contempt of Congress study against Steve Bannon, a longtime advisor to erstwhile President Donald Trump who has not complied with the committee’s subpoena.

Trump urged erstwhile aides to garbage to cooperate, citing enforcement privilege, which ineligible experts successful crook dispute.

If the committee approves the contempt lawsuit against Bannon, it would spell to a afloat House vote. From there, the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland would determine whether to prosecute prosecution.

In effect to Biden’s remarks connected Friday, a Justice Department spokesperson told ABC News that the section “will marque its ain autarkic decisions successful each prosecutions based solely connected the facts and the law.”

Hundreds of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol gathering connected Jan. 6 successful an unsuccessful effort to overturn his predetermination decision to Biden. Four radical died successful the violence, much than 100 constabulary officers were injured and 4 officers successful the assemblage that time aboriginal died of suicide.

The committee has subpoenaed different officials including erstwhile Justice Department authoritative Jeffrey Clark, Trump erstwhile main of unit Mark Meadows, lawman main of unit Dan Scavino and erstwhile Defense Department authoritative Kash Patel.