If other former Trump officials also refuse to cooperate, the July 18 trial date for Steve Bannon could be the first of a series of contempt of Congress trials.
Steve Bannon will turn himself in at the FBI Washington Field Office on November 15, 2021. The photo was taken by Win McNamee.
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A grand jury indicted Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena that ordered him to turn over documents and testify as part of the investigation into the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Executive privilege exempts him from cooperating with investigators, according to Bannon.
The trial is expected to last two weeks and will be in the middle of the campaign run-up ahead of the 2020 elections, according to the D.C. District Judge.
If he is found guilty of contempt, he could face a year in prison and a fine of up to $1,000.
Dozens of former Trump officials have been subpoenaed by the committee, and former President Donald Trump has encouraged most of his associates to ignore the requests. The January 6 Committee voted last week to recommend contempt of Congress charges against Jeffrey Clark, making him the first Trump Administration official other than Bannon that the committee's started contempt proceedings against. The committee chairman has warned the former White House chief of staff that he could face contempt charges if he doesn't comply with his subpoena. The committee was told on Tuesday that he no longer plans to cooperate with the investigation, a reversal from last week when he agreed to appear for a deposition and turn over documents.
Surprising fact.
Since 1983, the first person indicted for contempt of Congress has been Bannon.
Mark Meadows will no longer be Cooperating with the Committee on January 6.
The committee voted to hold Jeffrey Clark in contempt.
The man who leads the charge to contempt of Congress is not guilty.
