President Alejandro Toledo was extradited from the US to his homeland to face an 18-month pre-trial detention in the case of bribery related to the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht.
also voted yesterday. interesting lee, the brother of former vice president mike pence, who you might recall was the subject of the hang mike pence chance, who had to flee for his safety on january 6th. his brother did not vote. the vast majority of republican members of the house, 202 of them, voted to allow steve bannon to skirt a congressional subpoena, congressman jim banks of indiana issued this to his by party. the select committee s engagement unconstitutional, political investigation, a sham investigation conducted by a sham committee. that refuses to answer to real questions about what happened on january 6th. i urge all of my quiet colleagues to make the moral vote, do the right thing. i urge you to vote for the rule of law, for the institution of congress and against the select committees dangerous abuse of
citizens. steve bannon was a private citizen before, after, and during january 6th. so, why is the select committee interested in steve bannon? it s simple. he is a democrat party boogeyman. the select committee despises steve bannon s politics, so they re abusing their power to put him in jail. the committee explained it s seeking documents from mr. bannon because he helped, quote, construct and participated in the permitted and legal stop the steal rally. to date, the select committee has subpoenaed 11 other private citizens for organizing the stop the steal rally. here, in the land of the free, 12 american citizens are under congressional investigation for the sole crime of planning a
for the integrity of the select committee s investigation and for the integrity of this body. what sort of precedent would it set for the house of representatives if we allow witness to ignore us flatout without facing any kind of consequences? what message would it send to other witnesses in our investigation? i m not willing to find out. i m not willing to get to the end of the select committee s work and look back wishing we had done more to uncover all the facts. not when we know what s on the line. when we know that our democracy isn t yet out of danger. when we know that the forces that tried to overturn the election persist in their assault on the rule of law. our investigation is going forward. we re hearing from witnesses, reviewing documents, analyzing
that day. the american people deserve to know what he knew and what he did. i reserve the balance of my time. gentleman from indiana. i yield myself as much time as it may consume. gentleman is recognized. thank you, madam speaker. three months ago, for the first time in the history of congress, speaker pelosi vetoed jim jordan and i from serving on the select committee to investigate january 6th. not all firsts are worth celebrating. it was a shameful and divisive decision with real consequences. today, because of that decision, there is no committee conducting a legitimate investigation into january 6th. congress is prohibited from conducting criminal investigations, period. but that s exactly what the select committee is doing. conducting an illicit criminal investigation into american