The Bannon lawyers are using the invalid insurrection theme as a defense. The prosecutors are going to need the information of the January 6th Committee to validate their charges.
June 21, 2022
Steve Bannon’s lawyers (click here) duked it out with prosecutors on Friday through dueling motions in limine preparing for his July 18 jury trial on contempt of Congress charges.
Bannon, who refused to engage at all with the January 6 Select Committee and then promised to turn his indictment into “the misdemeanor from hell for Merrick Garland, Nancy Pelosi, and Joe Biden,” is very concerned that prosecutors will poison the jury against him. Toward that end, he’d like to preclude any mention of the unfortunate events of January 6, 2021....
