Criminal prosecutions for contempt haven’t been successful for decades either. The US congress is being shown to be a body that can simply be ignored. They have no subpeona power, they appear to have no power at all as long as Ted Cruz is willing to enact the veto given to every senator. This is part of the ongoing coup attempt, to prove that congress cannot do anything in order to justify and empower a coup. Do whatever it takes: If congress really has no power over people who just say “no” to it, then I guess that’s that, but maybe try.
I do believe that inherent contempt is the more powerful option to actually try to get Bannon to testify. A thing that hasn’t been tried in 90 years sounds better to me than a thing that has been tried unsuccessfully for 30. Whether or not that’s true, they should be doing both.
