Some right-wing media figures used a false comparison when criticizing the Department of Justice’s charges for contempt of Congress against Steve Bannon, an adviser to former President Donald Trump during the January 6 Capitol insurrection. Their complaints that former Obama Attorney General Eric Holder wasn’t charged after being held in contempt fail to mention that Holder had actually worked to satisfy a congressional subpoena against him, while Bannon ignored his subpoena entirely.
Bannon surrendered to the FBI on November 15 and was released prior to an expected arraignment later this week with standard requirements of checking in with the court weekly, surrendering his passport, and notifying the court of any domestic travel. On November 12, the DOJ announced why he was being charged: