The Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (BLAG) voted on Tuesday night to consider the January 6 Committee illegitimate.
By considering the January 6 Committee illegitimate, all subpoenas issued by the committee are also invalid.
“BLAG has now directed the House Office of General Counsel to file an Amicus Brief in support of Steve Bannon with Justice Roberts,” Citizen Free Press wrote on X.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) appeared on Fox News to discuss the shift in position regarding the committee.
Johnson said the House plans to file an amicus brief in former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon’s appeal for his contempt of Congress case after he did not respond to a subpoena from the January 6 Committee.
Bannon is to report to prison on July 1.
“We’re working on filing an amicus brief in his appellate work there in his case because the January 6 Committee was, we think it was wrongfully constituted, we think the work was tainted, we think that they may very well have covered up evidence and maybe even more nefarious activities,” Johnson told Fox News’ Sean Hannity.
“We’ve been investigating the committee itself. We disagree with how Speaker Pelosi put all that together. We think it violated House rules. And so we will be expressing that to the court, and I think it will help Steve Bannon in his appeal.”
Last week, House Republicans introduced a resolution that rescinds the subpoenas issued by the January 6 Committee.
“Rescinding the subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select Committee on September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, and withdrawing the recommendations finding Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Randall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro in contempt of Congress,” the resolution reads.
It adds that the “Select Committee was deficient in its composition,” as then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “refused to seat Republican members named by Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.” Pelosi’s refusal was a violation of House Resolution 503, which establishes committees. The resolution says five members “shall be appointed after consultation with the minority leader.”
As a result of the deficient nature of the committee, the subpoenas that were issued were “legally insufficient and should be rescinded,” Rep. Eric Burlison (R-MO) explained, “and the contempt of Congress referrals based on those subpoenas should be withdrawn.”
