Steve Bannon, former chief strategist of the White House. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images)
- During the investigation into the deadly attack on the Capitol on January 6, Steve Bannon will face his first criminal charge.
- Bannon is expected to appear in federal court for the first time on Monday.
- he is One of more than 30 people close to Donald Trump who was ordered to testify about what happened before the January 6 attack.
Steve Bannon, a long-time adviser to former US President Donald Trump, surrendered to the FBI on Monday, facing Congress’s refusal to cooperate with the Capitol on January 6 The first criminal charge raised during the investigation of the fatal assault occurred.
While talking to his supporters, Bannon looked directly at the live cameras on the social media site GETTR and urged them to stay focused.
“We are overthrowing the Biden regime,” Bannon said, wearing three black shirts and a green jacket.
He added:
I hope you stay focused. …It’s all noise.
On Friday, a federal grand jury charged Bannon with one count of contempt of Congress for refusing to appear in court to testify, and the second count of refusing to produce documents. The U.S. Department of Justice stated that contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of one year in prison and a fine of up to $1,000.
Bannon, 67, is expected to appear in federal court for the first time later on Monday.
Bannon is one of more than 30 people close to the former Republican president. They were ordered by a special committee of the US House of Representatives to testify about what happened before January 6, when thousands of people stormed into the Capitol. Try to prevent Congress from officially proving that Trump lost to President Joe Biden in the election.
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House investigators hope that the action against Bannon will prompt other witnesses, such as former chief of staff Mark Meadows, to testify in court. Bannon refused, on the grounds that Trump insisted-already rejected by a judge-that he has the right to keep the requested material confidential under a legal principle called executive privilege.
US Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and a panel member on January 6, said he believed that Bannon’s two “contempt of Congress” prosecutions would influence others to give up contempt.
“This will have a very strong focus on their decision-making,” Schiff said on NBC’s “Meet the Media” program on Sunday.
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