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Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon surrenders to FBI over Capitol riots

The 67-year-old was indicted on Friday on two counts of criminal contempt.

Henry Goodwin by Henry Goodwin
2021-11-15 15:13
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Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former president Donald Trump, surrendered to US federal authorities to face contempt charges after defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating January’s insurrection at the US Capitol.

Bannon was taken into custody on Monday morning and is expected to appear in court later in the afternoon. 

The 67-year-old was indicted on Friday on two counts of criminal contempt, one for refusing to appear for a congressional deposition and the other for refusing to provide documents in response to the committee’s subpoena.

Bannon arrives to turn himself in for arraignment. A protester appears to have a “coup plotter” sign behind him. pic.twitter.com/VbDnbPPwOW

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) November 15, 2021

Contempt of Congress

The indictment came as a second expected witness, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, defied his own subpoena from the committee on Friday and as Trump has escalated his legal battles to withhold documents and evidence about the insurrection.

If the House votes to hold Meadows in contempt, that recommendation would also be sent to the Justice Department for a possible indictment.

Officials in both Democratic and Republican administrations have been held in contempt by Congress, but criminal indictments for contempt are exceedingly rare.

The indictment against Bannon comes after a slew of Trump administration officials, including Bannon, defied requests and demands from Congress over the past five years with little consequence, including during an impeachment inquiry.

Executive privilege

President Barack Obama’s administration also declined to charge two of its officials who defied congressional demands.

The indictment says Bannon did not communicate with the committee in any way from the time he received the subpoena on September 24 until October 7 when his lawyer sent a letter, seven hours after the documents were due.

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Bannon, who worked at the White House at the beginning of the Trump administration and currently serves as host of the conspiracy-minded War Room podcast, is a private citizen who “refused to appear to give testimony as required by a subpoena”, the indictment says.

When Bannon declined to appear for his deposition in October, his lawyer said the former Trump adviser had been directed by a lawyer for Trump citing executive privilege not to answer questions.

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