Judge Declines to Delay Former Trump Adviser Bannon’s Contempt Trial

Reuters
By Reuters
July 14, 2022Politics
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Judge Declines to Delay Former Trump Adviser Bannon’s Contempt Trial
Steve Bannon, talk show host and former White House advisor to former President Donald Trump, listens as his attorney David Schoen speaks to reporters after leaving U.S. District Court in Washington on June 15, 2022. (Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters)

WASHINGTON—A judge on Monday declined to delay the contempt of Congress trial of former President Donald Trump’s former adviser 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, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.

Bannon told the panel over the weekend he was ready to testify, a change of heart from days before he was due to be tried for contempt of Congress.

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