Jail Time? Trump’s Sidekick Steve Bannon Surrenders To Panel Amid Growing Coup Evidence
Jail Time? Trump’s Sidekick Steve Bannon Surrenders To Panel Amid Growing Coup Evidence
In what is shaping up to be one of the House Jan. 6 Committee’s most decisive legal victories, Trump White House veteran and 2016 campaign manager Steve Bannon has said he will give testimony. After being held in contempt and indicted by the DOJ, Bannon’s tough talk and defiance of the committee’s subpoena began melting away, as he faces up to two years in prison. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber goes through the Bannon timeline and looks ahead to what Bannon’s potential testimony could mean for others in Trump’s inner circle.
In what is shaping up to be one of the House Jan. 6 Committee’s most decisive legal victories, Trump White House veteran and 2016 campaign manager Steve Bannon has said he will give testimony. After being held in contempt and indicted by the DOJ, Bannon’s tough talk and defiance of the committee’s subpoena began melting away, as he faces up to two years in prison. MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber goes through the Bannon timeline and looks ahead to what Bannon’s potential testimony could mean for others in Trump’s inner circle.
A judge dealt Steve Bannon a string of setbacks as he prepares to stand trial on July 18.
Judge Carl Nichols also rejected Bannon's effort to call House members to testify.
Bannon's lawyer openly wondered: "What's the point of going to trial here if there are no defenses?"
A federal judge refused to delay the July 18 trial of Steve Bannon on contempt of Congress charges, rejecting the onetime Trump advisor's request to push back the closely-watched criminal proceeding in light of publicity around the House committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.