The House’s Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) voted on Tuesday morning to file an amicus brief in the case of War Room host Steve Bannon in the DC Circuit Court, as the former Trump advisor appeals his sentence. Bannon has been ordered to report to prison on July 1 to begin serving his four-month prison sentence for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the January 6 committee, which the House GOP says is illegitimate.
House Speaker Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, and Majority Whip Tom Emmer wrote in a statement on Wednesday morning that the BLAG "voted 3-2 to file a brief with the DC Circuit in the case against Steve Bannon."
"The amicus brief will be submitted after Bannon files a petition for rehearing en banc and will be in support of neither party. It will withdraw certain arguments made by the House earlier in the litigation about the organization of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the US Capitol during the prior Congress. House Republican Leadership continues to believe Speaker Pelosi abused her authority when organizing the Select Committee."
