A federal judge pulled apart Steve Bannon’s defenses against a charge that he defied a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee and denied his request to postpone his jury trial
“What’s the point in going to trial here if there are no defenses?” attorney David Schoen declared in court after Nichols wound up his rulings from the bench.
Nichols said Bannon would not be permitted to argue that executive privilege excused his decision to completely defy the select committee subpoena. Nichols also rejected Bannon’s effort to subpoena Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the Jan. 6 select committee. Nichols agreed that the Constitution’s protections for federal lawmakers prohibit Bannon trying to subpoena House officials and question them about their motives.
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