To the Editor: At long last, it appears that the thugs who worked in and for the Trump administration will be held to account. On Nov. 12, a Federal grand jury indicted Steve Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for (1) refusing to appear for a deposition and (2) declining to produce documents requested by the House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
This paves the way to require the 34 other former Trump staffers and allies subpoenaed by the Jan. 6 Committee to either testify to their roles in the insurrection or face criminal prosecution. Hopefully, the Department of Justice isn't done; DOJ should also charge the 13 Trump aides with their recently uncovered violations of the Hatch Act during the 2020 campaign.
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