Prosecutors rest their case against Bannon after two witnesses testify

The Hill

BY HARPER NEIDIG
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Federal prosecutors rested their case against Stephen Bannon on Wednesday after calling just two witnesses in the former White House strategist’s contempt of Congress trial for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.

The prosecutors took just over a day to lay out their case. Jurors have so far heard testimony from Kristin Amerling, the committee’s chief counsel, who began testifying Tuesday afternoon, and FBI Special Agent Stephen Hart.

Over the objections of the prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols allowed Bannon’s defense team to show the jury its client’s belated offer earlier this month to testify before the select committee.

But Amanda Vaughn, an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case, emphasized in an exchange with Amerling that the offer, which came about nine months after the deadline the select committee set in the subpoena, could not be considered as full compliance, partly because Bannon has not provided any records that the panel demanded.

Publish : 2022-07-21 10:16:00

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