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Judge won't delay Steve Bannon's trial after his last-minute offer to cooperate with Jan. 6 panel
The Trump associate is set to go on trial next Monday for contempt of Congress after he blew off the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena.
By Ryan J. Reilly
WASHINGTON — A judge said Monday that he would not delay the contempt of Congress trial of Steve Bannon, just one week before it is set to begin.
Bannon was indicted last year for refusing to answer questions from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Bannon, who had stonewalled the committee since October 2021, had a last-minute change of heart over the weekend, a decision his lawyer attributed to a letter from former President Donald Trump that waived a purported claim of executive privilege. The Justice Department maintains that Bannon's offer to testify was nothing more than a “last-ditch attempt to avoid accountability.”
Trump's own lawyer, Justin Clark, according to the Justice Department, told the FBI that Trump “never invoked executive privilege over any particular information or materials" and offered no basis for Bannon's "total noncompliance" with his subpoena.
Judge Carl Nichols issued a series of rulings on motions preparing for the trial Monday that largely did not go Bannon’s way, including knocking out several potential defenses he had raised. After the judge concluded, Bannon lawyer David Schoen said in the courtroom, “What is the point of going to trial here if there are no defenses?”
Nichols agreed, suggesting Bannon’s team consider that.
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-wont-delay-steve-bannons-trial-last-minute-offer-cooperate-jan-6-rcna37667
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