Washington. Steve Bannon, a former adviser to former US President Donald Trump, surrendered yesterday, November 15, to the FBI to face charges for refusing to cooperate with the Congressional investigation into the deadly January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Bannon looked directly at the camera that was broadcast live on the social media website GETTR and urged his supporters to stay focused.
“We’re going to end (Joe) Biden’s regime,” said Bannon, dressed in three black shirts and a green coat. “I want you to stay focused on the message. This is all noise.”
A federal grand jury indicted Bannon on Friday with one count of contempt of Congress for refusing to appear for a deposition and a second count for refusing to produce documents.
Contempt of Congress is a misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and a maximum fine of $ 1,000, the Justice Department said.
Bannon, 67, is expected to make his first federal court appearance later Monday.
Bannon is one of more than 30 people close to the former Republican president who have been ordered by the committee of the United States House of Representatives to testify about what happened on January 6, when thousands of people stormed the Capitol in an attempt to prevent the certification of Trump’s electoral defeat against President Joe Biden.
Bannon has refused, citing Trump’s insistence – already rejected by a judge – that he has the right to keep requested material confidential under a legal doctrine called executive privilege.
Bannon was not in any official capacity on the Jan.6 invasion, but he appears to have discussed the protest with the president in the days before, according to the commission of inquiry.
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