Assault on the Capitol: Steve Bannon could speak before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry
The House of Representatives Select Committee is investigating the storming of the Capitol that occurred on January 6, 2021. Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Trump, may finally agree to be heard, he said by letter to parliamentarians.
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In the United States, the parliamentary commission of inquiry into the assault on the Capitol and the abuses of January 6, 2021 resumes its public hearings this Tuesday, July 12.
But behind the scenes his investigation is progressing, and a close friend of Donald Trump could speak, Steve Bannon, his former strategic adviser.
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Steve Bannon had until then refused to appear before the commission of inquiry, even under the influence of a
subpoena
which earned him two charges of contempt of court.
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To read also:
Assault on the Capitol: Steve Bannon, close to Donald Trump, charged with "contempt of Congress"
Yet this weekend, the parliamentary committee received a letter from his lawyer, accompanied by a letter from the former president, reports our correspondent in Houston,
Thomas Harms
.
A letter which is to be read as an injunction that Bannon appear before the commission, to spread a different message after the sensational depositions of
Cassidy Hutchinson
, the assistant to Donald Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
Recall that the latter
declared before the commission
that Donald Trump knew that his supporters who marched on Congress were armed, but also that he had sought to join them by car.
Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the West Wall of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Although pro-democracy and human rights activists around the world were stunned to see a crowd taking storming the Capitol, they say they are encouraged and inspired because the system has finally prevailed.
© AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana File
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: The assault on the Capitol was an “attempted coup” and “encouraged” by Trump, says the parliamentary inquiry
What did Steve Bannon know?
In this letter to Steve Bannon, Donald Trump complains about the unfair way he was treated, the exorbitant amount spent on legal fees, and the trauma he has to go through for "the love of his country".
Donald Trump is proposing to revoke the presidential immunity he offered Steve Bannon as president ("executive privilege").
An immunity that the commission has never recognized, Steve Bannon was no longer officially adviser to the president during the events of January 2021 since he had left his post in 2017.
But according to the parliamentarians of the Commission, the former strategic adviser to Donald Trump at the White House knew that something could happen on January 6, as evidenced by his
statements on his podcast the day before
;
a podcast since removed from Youtube but which essentially announced an extraordinary event.
“
A lot of people say they would go to Washington if there was a revolution.
Well, now is your time
,” said Steve Bannon.
Be that as it may, Steve Bannon's proposed deposition comes as he is expected in court on Monday to try to postpone his contempt of court trial until October… trial which should normally be held in a week -July 18- and where he faces up to a year in prison and a $100,000 fine.
Breaking News: Steve Bannon has agreed to testify before the Jan.
6 panel in a remarkable about-face days before his contempt of Congress trial is set to begin.
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— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 10, 2022
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