Attorney General: DOJ ‘will apply the facts and the law’ when considering Bannon referral
1 00:00:00,420 –> 00:00:05,730 >> So I ask you Mr. Attorney General regardless of politics. Will the department follow the facts and 2 00:00:05,730 –> 00:00:10,760 the law and expeditiously consider the referrals put forth by the select committee. 3 00:00:10,800 –> 00:00:16,470 >> If and when they are approved by the full House the Department recognizes the important oversight 4 00:00:16,470 –> 00:00:21,990 role that this committee and the House of Representatives and the Senate play with respect to 5 00:00:21,990 –> 00:00:27,510 the executive branch. I will say what a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney’s office 6 00:00:27,510 –> 00:00:34,350 in the District of Columbia said I think yesterday the day before the House of Representatives votes for 7 00:00:34,350 –> 00:00:39,750 a referral of a contempt charge that the. Department of 8 00:00:39,750 –> 00:00:44,880 Justice will do what it always does in such circumstances to apply the facts and the law and make a 9 00:00:44,880 –> 00:00:47,600 decision consistent with the principles of prosecution.
