Steven Bannon faces two misdemeanor counts after he declined last year to provide testimony or documents to the committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol
Federal prosecutors are due to start presenting their case on Tuesday in the trial of Steve Bannon, a prominent former presidential adviser to Donald Trump, on charges of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The committee presented evidence last week that Bannon spoke with Trump at least twice on the day before the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The committee also played a clip of Bannon saying on a right-wing talk show on Jan. 5 that “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow.” Bannon has argued that the material sought by the committee was protected by a legal doctrine called executive privilege that can keep certain presidential communications confidential, though the judge has ruled he cannot use this as a defense. Bannon left his White House role in 2017.
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