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• STEVE FACEBOOF TRIAL

The Supreme Court in January ruled against Trump’s efforts to stop the National Archives from cooperating with the committee after a lower court judge - Ketanji Brown Jackson, now on the Supreme Court - noted, in part, "Presidents are not kings." Trump has repeatedly asserted executive privilege - even though he's a former, not current president - to try to block witness testimony and the release of White House documents.

He had argued that his testimony was protected by Trump’s claim of executive privilege, which allows presidents to withhold confidential information from the courts and the legislative branch. His former lawyer, Robert Costello, said the change was because Trump had waived his executive privilege claim preventing the testimony.īannon, 68, had been one of the most prominent of the Trump-allied holdouts refusing to testify before the committee. Over a week ago, the former White House strategist notified the committee that he is now willing to testify.

STEVE FACEBOOF TRIAL

The trial follows a flurry of activity in the case since July 9. "I just don't think he can be fair."īannon attended the entire session, but never spoke. "He comes into it with a frame of mind where he's highly focused on Jan. 6 committee's work was "important" and he was closely tracking its developments. In another case Corcoran argued successfully to disqualify a man who said the Jan. 6 or the Capitol.Īt one point, Judge Nichols agreed to disqualify a woman whose mother is a staffer for Democratic Florida Rep. The high-profile and divisive nature of the case hung over Monday's session, with Corcoran seeking to block jurors who expressed strong opinions about Bannon or Trump, or who had any sort of personal connection to Jan. That admission, in addition to disqualifying the potential juror, prompted additional questioning of others who had sat next to the man to determine how widely he had shared his opinion. In one case, a prospective juror told Nichols that remaining impartial would be "a challenge" for him since "I do believe (Bannon) is guilty." 6 hearings they've watched and whether they have opinions about the committee and its work. Much of Monday's questioning of potential jurors by Bannon’s lawyer, Evan Corcoran, centered on how much of the wide coverage of the Jan. Each count carries a minimum of 30 days of jail and as long as a year behind bars.

He was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, one month after the Justice Department received a congressional referral. 6 committee that sought his records and testimony. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.īannon, an unofficial adviser to President Donald Trump at the time of the Capitol attack is charged in federal court with defying a subpoena from the Jan. Bannon is facing criminal charges after refusing for months to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. WASHINGTON - Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s contempt-of-Congress trial will stretch into a second day after lawyers labored through a long Monday session trying to select a jury without preconceived opinions. We’re going to impeach you and everybody in the DOJ.Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI on contempt chargesįormer Trump chief strategist Steve Bannon arrived to surrender to the FBI on charges of criminal contempt of Congress following his refusal to comply with the Jan. "We’re winning in November and we’re going to impeach you and everybody around you. "We dare you because we will impeach you," he said. Last month, Bannon augmented his threats just a tad, saying on his podcast that Attorney General Merrick Garland and “everybody in the DOJ” would be impeached if Trump is indicted over anything stemming from his effort to overturn the election. 6 committee to divulge things like internal communications and interviews conducted in secret. But there's no sign his kicking and screaming will stave off an almost-certain guilty verdict. Last year, Bannon told reporters that top Democrats would rue the day he was charged with contempt, vowing to make his case “the misdemeanor from hell for Merrick Garland, Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden.” That seemed to imply Bannon was going to make a mess of the trial and try to force the Jan. And in the lead-up to his contempt hearing, Bannon used all his bombast in an attempt to scare officials out of going forward with it. He pictures himself a media mastermind with the power to steer the conservative movement and all its players at will. Bannon, the former executive chairman of the right-wing news site Breitbart, is one of the most blustery figures in Trump’s orbit and a geyser of fascist rhetoric.