(Washington) Donald Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon has agreed to testify before a congressional committee investigating the deadly attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, just days before the case against him is set to begin. The US media reported on Sunday to block the investigation.
Posted at 6:59 p.m
Updated at 9:54 am
“Mr. Bannon wants, indeed wants, to testify at your public hearing,” his attorney Robert Costello wrote in a letter on Saturday cited by this media outlet.
Steve Bannon was among dozens called to testify in an attack on the US Congress on Capitol Hill that killed five people and undermined American democracy. He was charged last November with obstruction of justice after initially refusing to testify.
On January 6, 2021, thousands of supporters of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump gathered in Washington to protest the outcome of the November 2020 presidential election, which was won by Democrat Joe Biden.
In an attempt to block Joe Biden’s certificate of victory, Mr. Bannon and Mr. Investigators believe Trump’s other advisers may have.
At that time Mr. Bannon is not employed by the White House and Mr. Despite not being an official adviser to Trump, his attorneys made the request to protect the president’s right to keep certain documents and discussions secret in his absence. Before the Commission of Inquiry in October 2021.
Mr. The commission found that this defense did not apply because Trump was no longer president and had not formally asserted this executive privilege.
In November 2021, Mr. Bannon was indicted, and his trial date was set for July 18.
According to M’s letter.e Costello, Mr. Bannon told the hearing that “circumstances have changed now.”
“President Trump has determined that it would be in the best interest of the American people to waive Stephen K. Bannon’s executive privilege to authorize Mr. Bannon to comply with a subpoena issued by your commission,” he added.
The testimony of 68-year-old Steve Bannon is considered vital because it will help us understand what Donald Trump was doing before and after the attack. The previous day, Mr. “Everything is coming together and it’s time to attack,” Bannon said in a podcast.
Steve Bannon, a discreet but highly influential adviser, played a key role in Donald Trump’s election in 2016 before being ousted the following year.
He was not on official duty on January 6, but appears to have discussed the protest with the president in the previous days, according to the commission of inquiry.
Before and after the attack on the congressional seat, Mr. He was prominent in the “crisis unit” group led by Trump’s advisers.
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