Bannon deserves jail for contempt, and it would be a useful example to Trump

Of all the ominous trends that have been normalized in the Trump era, nose-thumbing at congressional subpoenas is among the most disturbing. Congressional subpoena power is there for a reason, and ignoring such orders to provide records or testimony undermines not just the investigation at hand but the very concept of separate branches of government with sovereign authority. Federal prosecutors are now urging a court to make Donald Trump’s former presidential adviser, Steve Bannon, the first person in more than half a century to do time for contempt of Congress for his refusal to provide infor...