10 things you need to know today: October 22, 2021

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1. House finds Bannon in contempt for ignoring Jan. 6 committee subpoena

The House voted 229 to 202 on Thursday to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena issued by the select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump's supporters. Nine Republicans joined Democrats in favor of enforcing the panel's subpoena. One of them was Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), one of two Republicans on the committee. The rest of the party backed Trump, who continued to push his false claim that the election was stolen from him, saying in a statement before the vote: "The insurrection took place on Nov. 3, Election Day. Jan. 6 was the protest!" The House's decision sends the case to the U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., to determine whether to file charges against Bannon, a longtime Trump ally and former White House strategist.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.