USA v. BANNON

  1. July 11, 2022

    Bannon Loses Bid To Delay July Contempt Trial

    A D.C. federal judge on Monday rejected former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon's motion to delay his July contempt of Congress trial to mid-October, clearing the way for jury selection to begin next week.

  2. July 08, 2022

    Bannon Attorney 'Reluctantly' Seeks To Exit Contempt Case

    A Davidoff Hutcher & Citron LLP partner said Friday that he was withdrawing from defending former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon against criminal contempt charges over Bannon's refusal to cooperate with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection, saying he might be called to testify at Bannon's trial this month in D.C. federal court.

  3. June 30, 2022

    Steve Bannon Seeks Delay Of July Trial, Cites Jan. 6 Hearings

    Former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon has asked a D.C. federal judge to push back his July contempt trial for refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 House select committee, claiming the committee's recent hearings have generated an "unprecedented level of prejudicial pretrial publicity." 

  4. June 15, 2022

    Bannon Can't Escape Jan. 6 Subpoena Indictment

    A D.C. federal judge on Wednesday denied former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon's motion to dismiss his indictment for defying a subpoena issued by the House select committee probing last year's deadly U.S. Capitol attack, setting the stage for a jury trial on July 18.

  5. April 18, 2022

    Bannon Says Jan. 6 Committee Makeup Bars Contempt Case

    Steve Bannon sought Friday to toss criminal charges over his refusal to comply with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, telling a D.C. federal judge the committee is invalid because Republicans did not get to choose their own members.

  6. March 30, 2022

    Bannon Contempt Defense 'Not How Law Works,' Feds Say

    Steve Bannon's attempt to invoke an advice-of-counsel defense at his upcoming trial for contempt of Congress rests on a fundamental misunderstanding of criminal law, prosecutors told a Washington federal judge Tuesday.

  7. March 09, 2022

    Feds Accused Of 'Reckless' Push To Get Bannon Atty Records

    Steve Bannon has accused federal prosecutors of "shocking" misconduct in their effort to get his defense counsel's email and phone records before charging the former Trump adviser with contempt of Congress, including by allegedly making false representations to a court to obtain email records. 

  8. February 28, 2022

    Feds Defend Bannon Atty Record Requests In Jan. 6 Case

    Federal prosecutors in D.C. defended a move to subpoena email and phone data from Steve Bannon's lawyer before charging the former Donald Trump adviser with contempt of Congress, saying that none of the record requests violated Bannon's attorney-client privilege.

  9. February 07, 2022

    Bannon Says Feds Sought Atty's Email, Phone Records

    Federal investigators have worked to obtain the email and phone records of a lawyer representing Steve Bannon in the government's prosecution of the former White House adviser for contempt of Congress, according to a Washington, D.C., court filing from Bannon's defense team.

  10. December 07, 2021

    Bannon Faces July 18 Trial Date For Contempt Charges

    Former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's trial on charges of contempt of Congress will begin July 18, a D.C. federal judge said Tuesday.