BREAKING: Speaker Johnson says House to file amicus brief for Steve Bannon’s appeal

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that the House plans on filing an amicus brief in Steve Bannon's appeal for his contempt of Congress case that was brought after Bannon ignored a subpoena from the January 6 Committee.  

In an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, Johnson was speaking to Sean Hannity when he announced the amicus brief for Bannon's appeal to the Supreme Court. 

Hannity inquired about the matter in a segment and Johnson said, "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 added that GOP house members have been investigating how the committee was conducted and said that that it may have "violated House rules" and that the brief will be given to the Supreme Court for Bannon's appeal.  

Leading up to Johnson announcing the brief, House GOP members pushed for Bannon’s contempt of Congress charge to be rescinded. A resolution brought by members of the House Freedom Caucus and others in the House GOP stated that its purpose was to rescind 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." 

Banon filed an emergency appeal order to the Supreme Court last Friday in order to appeal his conviction and sentence of four months for the contempt of Congress charge. Johnson's move to file an amicus brief may assist in the appeal effort for Bannon.