Scope: Federal
Branch: Legislative
Severity: Amber
Date occurred: January 6, 2025
A House resolution was introduced in the 119th Congress to rescind subpoenas issued by the January 6th Select Committee on September 23, 2021, October 6, 2021, and February 9, 2022, and to withdraw the contempt of Congress recommendations against Stephen K. Bannon, Mark Randall Meadows, Daniel Scavino, Jr., and Peter K. Navarro. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and the Committee on the Judiciary.
Constitutional basis: Chamber seeking to retroactively rescind a prior Congress's subpoenas and contempt referrals, an unusual use of Article I self-governance; measure not yet adopted.