{"id":1565354,"date":"2022-07-21T20:19:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T00:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565354"},"modified":"2022-07-21T20:19:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T00:19:17","slug":"steve-bannon-chooses-not-to-testify-in-own-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/steve-bannon-chooses-not-to-testify-in-own-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Bannon Chooses Not to Testify in Own Defense"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsteve-bannon-chooses-not-to-testify-in-own-defense%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1565354&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>WASHINGTON\u2014Former White House adviser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-steve-bannon\">Steve Bannon<\/a> will not testify in his contempt of Congress trial, his attorneys said in federal court on July 21.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon \u201cvery much wanted to do so since the day he was indicted,\u201d lawyer\u00a0David Schoen told the court. But Bannon \u201cwould be barred from telling the true facts,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee overseeing the case, has in recent days rejected a number of arguments the defense wanted to make, including references to former President Donald Trump\u2019s exercise of executive privilege after Bannon was subpoenaed by the House of Representatives committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon was charged with two counts of contempt of Congress after declining to comply with the subpoena, which asked for documents and testimony relating to the breach. The panel said that Bannon had information that would inform its investigation into what happened.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon worked for the White House in 2017. He currently hosts a podcast called \u201cWar Room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bannon\u2019s refusal to obey the subpoena stemmed from his respecting Trump\u2019s privilege claim, according to defense lawyers. Prosecutors say Bannon broke the law by not complying and is guilty.<\/p>\n<p> Motion to Dismiss <\/p>\n<p>Bannon\u2019s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss on Thursday, asserting prosecutors did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that their client is guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors called just two witnesses, Jan. 6 panel lawyer Kristen Amerling and an FBI agent, before resting their case. The defense called no witnesses.<\/p>\n<p>Amerling called it \u201cvery unusual\u201d for a person subpoenaed by Congress to refuse to cooperate at all. She also said she could not recall who decided to compel Bannon to appear before the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Amerling was \u201cequivocal\u201d in her testimony on the matter, Evan Corcoran, another Bannon lawyer, said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat human being drafted this<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON\u2014Former White House adviser Steve Bannon will not testify in his contempt of Congress trial, his attorneys said in federal court on July 21. Bannon \u201cvery much wanted to do so since the day he was indicted,\u201d lawyer\u00a0David Schoen told the court. But Bannon \u201cwould be barred from telling the true facts,\u201d he added. 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