Former President Donald Trump’s adviser, Steve Bannon, was invited to testify before the Congressional Hacking Committee after the 2020 election, but refused to appear. He faces a prison sentence for contempt of Congress
Former US President Donald Trump’s adviser, Steve Bannon, was convicted by a jury in a federal court, on two counts of contempt of Congress, after being called to testify before the Congressional Investigative Committee, to examine the events of the break-in of the Congress building at the end of President Trump’s term – but refused to arrive.
Bannon refused to appear before Congress and answer questions, and in the US the law states that any person who is summoned to testify is obligated to do so, and if convicted of an offense against this law, he will be sentenced to prison. The minimum punishment for this type of offense is one month in prison, and the maximum is one year in prison Since Bannon was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress, he is expected to be sentenced to between two and two months in prison.
In his defense, Bannon claimed that he “was sure that the dates set in the congressional subpoena were subject to negotiation and changes,” and he intended to do so at a later date. According to him, he is ready to appear before the committee at any moment when it calls him again. He claimed that the trial held for him was a trial Rave, and stated that he intends to appeal the conviction.
Steve Bannon is a media person with an influence on the right-wing public in the US, who was close to Trump before the elections in which Trump became president. He was the manager of Trump’s campaign and later was also appointed as Trump’s chief strategist and even a member of the National Security Council.
Seven months after Trump began serving as president, a serious conflict emerged between the two and Bannon left the White House, but later they reconciled and Bannon helped Trump conduct the delegitimization campaign he did for the election results and Joe Biden’s victory.
Among other things, his critics emphasize the fact that the day before the riot in the Congress building, Bannon warned that the next day’s demonstration was expected to be an unprecedented riot, which raises the suspicion that he knew in advance that the demonstration would exceed the limits of the freedom of protest, and perhaps also initiated the transition from a demonstration to a timed attack on The famous building of the US Congress.