BREAKING: Steve Bannon found guilty of contempt of Congress for ignoring January 6 hearing subpoena
charged Bannon with two counts of contempt of Congress after he ignored a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Bannon pleaded not guilty. to talk about the Jan. 6, 2020, attack on the U.S. Capitol, though prosecutors noted that he left the White House in 2017.
"He didn’t want to recognize Congress’ authority or play by the government’s rules," Gaston said."Our government only works if people show up and play by the rules and are held accountable when they do not.""When he chose to defy a congressional subpoena, that was a crime," Gaston continued."The defendant chose allegiance to Donald Trump over compliance with the law.
M. Evan Corcoran, a lawyer of former U.S. President Trump's White House chief strategist Steve Bannon arrives following his client's trial on contempt of Congress charges for his refusal to cooperate with the U.S. House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, at U.S. District Court in Washington, U.S., July 22, 2022.
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