Steve Bannon appears in court as contempt-of-Congress trial begins

The Guardian: Steve Bannon appears in court as Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and White House strategist.

Appeared in federal court on Monday as his trial for criminal contempt of Congress, over noncompliance with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee, formally opened in Washington.

The far-right provocateur – one of the principal architects of Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election – is attempting to argue that he did not willfully fail to comply with the subpoena, which sought documents and testimony.

The DC district court judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, presided over a first day of the trial that was not expected to proceed past the jury selection process, to opening arguments from the government and Bannon’s legal team.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/18/steve-bannon-contempt-of-congress-trial

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