As conservative firebrand Steve Bannon surrendered to authorities at Connecticut's Federal Correctional Institution Danbury to serve four months for contempt of Congress, WorldNetDaily examined the Justice Department's history of prosecutions for contempt of Congress and discovered a blatantly two-tiered justice system.
Harriet Miers, a political appointee of the George W. Bush administration, was charged with contempt of Congress, but Miers served just one day in jail following a plea agreement.
In 2015, Former IRS official Lois Lerner, in charge of overseeing tax-exempt organizations, notoriously weaponized the agency, yet refused to answer questions during testimony before Congress.
The U.S. attorney did not pursue any charges against Lerner relating to her contempt of Congress, and the DOJ ultimately concluded its investigation with no charges relating to the scandal.
Former attorney general Eric Holder was famously held in contempt by Congress for not furnishing certain documents related to the "Fast and Furious" gun-running sting operated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
At the time of the vote, most Republicans in Congress staged a walkout and did not take part.
On Sept. 13, 2016, former State Department IT specialist Bryan Pagliano, who installed Hillary Clinton's private email server, refused to testify before Congress.
https://www.wnd.com/2024/07/bannon-navarro-exec-branch-officials-imprisoned-contempt-congress/
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