Steve Bannon appears in court as contempt-of-Congress trial begins

Far-right Trump ally seeks to claim in federal court that he did not willfully fail to comply with subpoena

Steve Bannon, Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman and White House strategist, appeared in federal court on Monday as his trial for criminal contempt of Congress, over noncompliance with a subpoena from the House January 6 committee, formally opened in Washington.

The far-right provocateur – one of the principal architects of Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election – is attempting to argue that he did not willfully fail to comply with the subpoena, which sought documents and testimony.

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