Judge sets July date for Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress trial

[JohnSJ]

"A federal judge set a July trial date for former Trump aide Steve Bannon, charged with two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to respond to a subpoena for his testimony from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The Justice Department urged the judge to schedule the trial for April. Prosecutors said they would need only one day to present testimony. Bannon's lawyers said the case presents novel issues involving executive privilege. They said the trial should not begin until mid-October and would likely take at least ten days.

U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols said the government wanted to move "at light speed" in a case that may present complicated issues. But he also said, "We don't need ten months to do this."

He scheduled the trial to begin July 18 and set aside two weeks on the calendar."

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/judge-sets-july-date-steve-bannon-s-contempt-congress-trial-n1285542


I would be very surprised if any of the main culprits from January 6th are convicted

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. OFFS...

[Rstrstx]

2. I'd be fine with that if...

…he had to stay locked up until then

[bluestarone]

3. How do they always get TFG'S JUDGES

So fucking tired of this shit.

[Effete Snob]

4. That will depend on whether all motions and appeals on those motions are resolved by then

That's a preliminary scheduling order.

The date will only get pushed further back. It will never be sooner.

[solara]

7. If the unthinkable happens &

we loose the House in midterms:

There won't be any trials or convictions
All pretense of "Justice Matters" will just disappear

Just like the Jan 6 Committee

[Voltaire2]

11. Also the investigation is about to slam into a wall.

Now that it is clear that they can run the clock out, all of them will do just that.

[Voltaire2]

5. So basically this court is allowing

the fascists to run the clock on congressional subpoenas. They are basically stripping Congress of its investigative power.

[JohnSJ]

8. Yup

[58Sunliner]

6. WTF. July??!!!

[bamagal62]

9. July?

Seriously? WTF.

[hamsterjill]

10. This is absurd.

What’s wrong with “tomorrow”???!!!

Obviously they are stalling…and getting away with it. Who’s going to stop them?