Several US media outlets unanimously reported on Friday about the unanimous guilty verdict in a federal court in Washington. The sentence is expected to be announced at a later date, according to NPR on Oct. 21. Not only was Bannon accused of ignoring the subpoena, he also failed to provide the requested documents.
The Washington Post reported that Bannon faced between 30 days and one year in prison on both counts. However, no one has been arrested for contempt of Congress since the Cold War. CNN called the conviction a “victory” for the investigative committee, which continues to seek the cooperation of reluctant witnesses in its investigation.
“Hell Will Erupt”
The U-Committee believes Bannon is a key witness. According to the panel, the right-wing populist spoke to Trump the day before the attack. In his own podcast, Bannon also predicted at the time that “hell is going to happen”. Radical Trump supporters stormed Congress just as the election victory of Trump challenger Joe Biden was supposed to be officially confirmed.
AP/Jose Luis Magana On January 6, Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington
Bannon was a central figure in Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. After Trump’s election victory, Bannon became Chief Strategist at the White House. Until his resignation in August 2017, he defined the ideological direction of the Trump administration, characterized by furious attacks on the media. Bannon as a staunch anti-establishment ideologue. He became rich while working as a banker at Goldman Sachs, and later became head of the right-wing populist website Breitbart, on which numerous conspiracy theories circulate. The publication bitterly fought Hillary and Bill Clinton for years. Bloomberg Magazine attributed Bannon a central role in the growth and formation of the ultra-conservative movement.
Bannon’s lawyer argued in vain at the trial, which began only on Monday, that his client did not deliberately object to the subpoena. Instead, the survey date was “the subject of ongoing discussions”.
Trump says committee is ‘corrupt’
The investigative committee is working on the events surrounding the assault on the US Parliament seat. More recently, in a public hearing, the Congressional committee accused Trump of deliberate inaction when his supporters stormed the congressional seat. Republican Representative Adam Kinzinger said Thursday that the then-president had refused for hours to withdraw the attackers – violating his oath of office.
Trump’s speech after the Capitol takeover
In a public hearing, the Congressional committee accused Donald Trump of willful inaction when his supporters stormed the US Congressional headquarters in Washington on January 6, 2021. In his speech the next day, he still failed to admit that the election had taken place. finished, said Elaine Luria, representative of the Democratic Party on the commission of inquiry.
Trump then attacked the body in a message on his Truth Social online network as a “mock court” and accused him of being “corrupt and very partisan”. He reiterated his unsupported claim that his 2020 loss to Biden was a result of manipulation. “An election was rigged and stolen from me and our country. America is going to hell. Should I be happy?” wrote the 76-year-old, who is considering running for the White House again in 2024.
Hearings continue into the fall
Committee chairman Bennie Thompson recently called for serious consequences for Trump and his aides. “Unless accountability is made on January 6, for every part of this plan, I fear we will not overcome the ongoing threat to our democracy.” There is no doubt that Trump oversaw and led a coordinated effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
“There is no doubt that he ordered a mob – a mob he knew to be heavily armed, violent and angry – to march on the Capitol and try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power,” he said. After the summer break, there will be new hearings in September. The Committee itself cannot initiate criminal proceedings. This decision rests with the Ministry of Justice.