Former Trump adviser and right-wing podcaster Stephen K. Bannon has vowed that contempt of Congress charges against him would become a “crime from hell” for the Biden administration, but after court rulings against his proposed defense, legal experts said his trial could be more than a quick trip through the courts.
In a recent hearing that left Bannon’s legal strategy in tatters, his lawyer, David Schoen, asked U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols: “What’s the point of having a trial if there’s no defense?” The judge simply replied, “Agreed.”
The exchange was a notable loss for Bannon’s combative, bombastic team, which broadcast his “we’re taking down the Biden regime” live until he turned himself in to the FBI in late 2021 on charges he illegally ignored a subpoena from a House committee investigating the riot. on January 6, 2021
Read more legal analysis of the Bannon trial here.
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