Bannon Turns Himself In on Contempt of Congress Charges

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The erstwhile adjutant to Donald Trump had refused to comply with a request for accusation from the House committee investing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Stephen K. Bannon successful  Richmond, Va., successful  October.
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Katie Benner

Nov. 15, 2021, 9:53 a.m. ET

Stephen K. Bannon, who served arsenic a elder adjutant to erstwhile President Donald J. Trump, turned himself into the authorities connected Monday morning, 3 days aft helium was indicted by a national expansive jury connected 2 counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to supply accusation to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 onslaught connected the Capitol.

Mr. Bannon arrived astatine the F.B.I.’s Washington tract bureau astatine astir 9:30 a.m., wherever helium surrendered to the authorities.

He is expected to marque his archetypal quality successful national magistrate tribunal connected Monday day earlier Judge Robin M. Meriweather.

While the tribunal proceeding is expected to beryllium swift, with Mr. Bannon entering his plea, it kicks disconnected what could beryllium a lengthy conflict betwixt a subordinate of Mr. Trump’s interior ellipse and the national government, arsenic it seeks to enforce a legislature subpoena.

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