Bannon’s contempt of Congress is lawless and ludicrous

The contempt-of-Congress statute provides that once a contempt citation is passed by either body, it goes to the U.S. attorney, “whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand jury for its action.” The Justice Department, in a 1984 opinion by the Office of Legal Counsel, concluded that “shall” didn’t mean “must” — at least in the case of “an Executive Branch official who, on the orders of the President, asserts the President’s claim of executive privilege.” But that’s not the situation here.

Source: WP