US Steven Bannon, Trump's electoral 'brain' is exposed to a year in jail for failing to testify before Congress
US Appeals court temporarily prevents Trump-era documents from being delivered to Congress during assault on Capitol Hill
The far-right Steve Bannon, an ally of former United States President Donald Trump (2017-2021), turned himself in on Monday at the FBI office in Washington after being charged with two counts of
contempt of Congress
for failing to respond to a subpoena from the legislative committee investigating the assault on the Capitol last January.
Bannon, 67, is facing one charge for his refusal to appear before that committee, while the second is for refusing to deliver documents.
An indictment for contempt of Congress can carry
between 30 days and a year in prison,
as well as a fine of between $ 100 and $ 1,000.
The formal indictment came last Friday after the US House of Representatives declared Bannon in contempt on October 21 for refusing to appear before the investigative committee of the assault on the Capitol on January 6 by a mob of followers of Trump.
The matter went to the Department of Justice, which had to decide whether to go ahead with the process.
During this time, the US attorney general,
Merrick Garland, has been the target of all kinds of political pressure
to impute Bannon through the courts after the decision of Congress.
The prosecutor for the District of Columbia, Matthew M. Graves, recalled in the summons that he considers that the former president's adviser
has relevant information about what happened.
A criminal case against Bannon
could take years to resolve
in court.
On January 6, five people died and about 140 agents were attacked by pro-Trump protesters, who stormed the Capitol armed with axes, bats and hockey sticks, among other objects, according to data from the authorities.
The assault came after a rally in which Trump refused to accept his defeat in the November elections and urged his followers to march towards the headquarters of Congress, where legislators were gathered to certify the electoral victory of the current president, Democrat Joe Biden, who entered the White House on January 20.
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