Federal prosecutors say Bannon defied a congressional subpoena in 'bad faith.' His lawyers say it's an issue of free speech.
to connections between Trump's inner circle and efforts to stop Congress from certifying the 2020 presidential election.
The committee subpoenaed Bannon last year, demanding he turn over documents and testify. Bannon insisted he was protected by executive privilege from a subpoena he said was unlawful. But the DOJ argued in its sentencing memorandum that Bannon acted in"bad faith," stating that lawyers for the committee and Trump told him he wasn't protected by executive privilege.
"From the time he was initially subpoenaed, the Defendant has shown that his true reasons for total noncompliance have nothing to do with his purported respect for the Constitution, the rule of law, or executive privilege, and everything to do with his personal disdain for the members of Congress sitting on the Committee and their effort to investigate the attack on our country's peaceful transfer of power," the DOJ wrote in the memorandum.
An image of former White House strategist Steve Bannon is shown as audio is played at a House select committee hearing October 13, 2022, regarding the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia came to Bannon's defense after the Department of Justice said he should be jailed for six months for defying the committee's demands.
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