Steve Bannon's lawyers are expected Thursday to begin their defence of the former adviser to then-U.S. President Donald Trump as Bannon's contempt of Congress trial enters a new phase.
Bannon was in an unofficial capacity to Trump at the time of the insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, and is charged with defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the aftermath of the 2020 election and the events leading up to the deadly riot.Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, a month after the Justice Department received the House panel's referral.
Bannon's lawyer tried Wednesday to establish that the deadline for the onetime Trump strategist to appear before the House committee investigating the Capitol riot was flexible as long as the two sides were on negotiating terms. The panel gave Bannon a hard deadline of Oct. 14 to come before the committee. When that deadline passed, the committee chairman, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., wrote Bannon's lawyer on Oct. 15 threatening criminal prosecution.
The emphasis on the subpoena timeline is one of the few avenues of defense that U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols left Bannon's legal team after a hearing last week. Nichols ruled that major elements of Bannon's planned defense were irrelevant and could not be introduced in court.
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