USA v. BANNON

  1. August 08, 2022

    Bannon Wants New Contempt Trial, Says Gov't Hurt Defense

    Ex-Trump White House aide Steve Bannon has asked a D.C. federal court for a new trial following his convictions on two counts of contempt of Congress last month, arguing that the government wrongfully prevented him "from telling the jury the story" of why he did not comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 House select committee.

  2. July 29, 2022

    Bannon Sees Good In Judge's Doubts On Legal Advice Ruling

    Fresh off a D.C. jury verdict finding him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress, ex-Trump White House aide Steve Bannon and his defense team quickly declared that it would not stand, thanks at least in part to a pretrial ruling they believe gives them ammunition for their expected appeal.

  3. July 27, 2022

    Bannon Can't Get Acquittal After Contempt Convictions

    A D.C. federal judge declined Wednesday to acquit former Donald Trump White House aide Steve Bannon after he was found guilty of two counts of contempt over his failure to comply with a subpoena by the Jan. 6 House select committee, but he ordered more briefing on Bannon's motion to dismiss the case.

  4. July 22, 2022

    Bannon Guilty Of Contempt, Atty Calls It 'Bulletproof Appeal'

    A Washington federal jury on Friday found former Donald Trump White House aide Steve Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress over his failure to comply with a subpoena by the Jan. 6 House select committee probing last year's deadly U.S. Capitol attack, a decision the defense team called "a bulletproof appeal."

  5. July 21, 2022

    Bannon Rests Case, Knocks Trial Rulings Barring 'True Facts'

    Ex-Trump White House aide Steve Bannon on Thursday declined to testify and call any witnesses in his contempt of Congress criminal jury trial, saying the D.C. federal judge he is urging to acquit him of a two-count indictment for defying the Jan. 6 House select committee's subpoena would bar him "from telling the true facts."

  6. July 20, 2022

    Bannon Judge Warns Of 'Political Circus,' Feds Rest Case

    An attorney for ex-Trump White House aide Steve Bannon doubled down Wednesday in implying that his client's contempt of Congress trial, which prosecutors rested Wednesday afternoon, is corrupted by partisan politics after a D.C. federal judge warned earlier he won't allow the defense to turn the case into a "political circus."

  7. July 19, 2022

    Feds Tell Jurors Bannon 'Decided He Was Above The Law'

    A federal prosecutor told jurors in Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress trial Tuesday that the former top Trump White House aide willfully defied a subpoena by the House committee probing last year's deadly U.S. Capitol attack because he "decided he was above the law."

  8. July 18, 2022

    Several Legal Minds Picked For Bannon Jury Pool

    Several D.C. residents called for jury duty in Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress trial identified during jury selection Monday as either current or former attorneys or paralegals, while many others bluntly asserted that the longtime Donald Trump ally is guilty and that they could not impartially decide whether he willfully defied the Jan. 6 House select committee's subpoena.

  9. July 14, 2022

    Bannon, Again, Loses Bid To Delay Monday Contempt Trial

    A D.C. federal judge on Thursday declined for the second time this week to delay the Monday start of former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon's trial for criminal contempt of Congress.

  10. July 13, 2022

    Rulings Put Bannon's Contempt Trial Defense On Thin Ice

    Steve Bannon suffered back-to-back blows earlier this week when a D.C. federal judge gutted the longtime Trump ally's defense strategy to fight his contempt of Congress charges, leaving one of Bannon's attorneys questioning the purpose of going to trial on July 18.