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[BrianSoddingBoru4]

As I understand it, the US Congress works differently that the lower courts - Congress does not have the authority to issue arrest warrants (except to current members of the executive). This looks to be the process:

1) Bannon refused to answer the subpoena.

2) A committee held a hearing on whether to refer this to the full House as a criminal matter. They voted ‘yes’.

3) The House debated whether to pursue it and voted ‘yes’.

4) It was then referred to the attorney general who has to decide if it is serious enough to convene a Grand Jury. Don’t know if this has been decided.

5) The GJ will hear testimony and review evidence from both sides. If they decide it is merited, the presiding judge will issue an arrest warrant.

Boru

This is correct, although I am not certain a GJ is required.  It is most certainly in DOJ's hands at this point.  The wheels of justice grind slowly.

I got the Grand Jury bit from an AP story. It may or may not be correct.

The House vote sends the matter to the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, where it will now be up to prosecutors in that office to decide whether to present the case to a grand jury for possible criminal charges. It’s still uncertain whether they will pursue the case — Attorney General Merrick Garland would only say at a House hearing on Thursday that they plan to “make a decision consistent with the principles of prosecution.”

Boru