The latest approval rate of Congress is 21% so obviously the vast majority of Americans find Congress to be contemptible.




https://www.yahoo.com/news/...annon-205800607.html

On the big list of purely political prosecutions that are going nowhere this one is near the very top.

You have to wade through the usual litany of Leftist propaganda BS in that "article" before you ferret out the salient paragraphs:

"Obtaining a conviction for any crime requires proof of acting with improper intent, and Bannon may have a strong defense in arguing that he was acting on the advice of his lawyer not to testify. Some federal courts have ruled that good-faith reliance on the advice of counsel is a complete defense in a criminal contempt action."


"The record of successful prosecutions for contempt of Congress is a slim one. The authority was widely invoked during the anti-communist hearings of the 1950s, but many of those cases ended either in acquittal or dismissal on appeal.

The last Justice Department prosecution of a contempt referral came in 1983, during the Superfund investigation in the Reagan administration. Former EPA official Rita Lavelle was charged with contempt but her case, too, ended in acquittal."

(NOTE: A "complete defense" is a legal term for a defense that nullifies an entire claim against the defendant.)

[This message has been edited by randye (edited 11-12-2021).]