Stephen Bannon, a longtime adviser to former U.S. president Donald Trump, has been criminally charged for failing to adjust to a subpoena issued by a Home of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, the Justice Division stated on Friday.
Bannon has refused to adjust to subpoenas searching for paperwork and his testimony, citing Trump’s insistence – already rejected by one choose – that his communications are protected by the authorized doctrine of government privilege.
Bannon, 67, was charged with one depend of contempt of Congress involving his refusal to seem for a deposition and one other involving his refusal to supply paperwork, the Justice Division stated.
“Since my first day in workplace, I’ve promised Justice Division staff that collectively we might present the American individuals by phrase and deed that the division adheres to the rule of regulation, follows the info and the regulation and pursues equal justice below the regulation,” Lawyer Normal Merrick Garland stated in a press release. “At present’s expenses mirror the division’s steadfast dedication to those ideas.”
