Bannon seeks trial delay, citing House Jan. 6 hearings

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Steve Bannon is asking a judge to delay his July trial for defying the Jan. 6 committee, citing publicity caused by the committee’s public hearings

Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon is asking that his criminal trial for contempt of Congress be delayed because the committee he’s accused of defying, the House Jan. 6 panel, is generating too much publicity through its high-profile public hearings.

“Those broadcasts have been repackaged and re-broadcast in countless forms, creating a saturation of the information sources available to Washington, D.C. residents. Under the circumstances, a continuance is warranted — to allow the effects of the Select Committee hearing coverage a chance to subside,” the defense lawyers wrote in their motion filed with U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols.

Bannon’s filing revives an ongoing tension between the select committee’s urgency to make its findings public and the Justice Department’s efforts to advance high-profile criminal cases connected to Jan. 6. A spokesperson for prosecutors in Bannon’s case declined comment, but in prior court hearings, prosecutors have underscored the importance of proceeding quickly with the case in order to establish the legal necessity of complying with congressional subpoenas.

 

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awww poor thing

BU//$HIT!

Yeah Stevie Three-Shirts, this is all going to blow over any day now. smdh

Shite

Enough delaying

He knows they plan to release their report in Sept so he wants to delay ‘til it can’t affect the outcome? Plus claiming saturation to move to Oct is absurd as the report gets released in Sept and will be fresh in the public’s mind, especially if DOJ files charges as a result 🙄

I thought nobody was watching

I hope the Judge doesn't agree to postpone Bannon's trial. STOP THE GOP! VOTE THEM OUT!

Here is someone who should get 30 years.

That's ludicrous

Don’t delay

Ring leader needs more time, don’t think so.

Bull 💩,drag his ass in there!!!!

wtf...what a nerve

Our Goering but Goering at least tried to look dignified.

No.

Freedom is what you make it. Yours will be in solitary.

clouding the issue he was indicted for failing to appear and produce documents pursuant to a subpoena the subject matter of the information sought is irrelevant when you don't show up

Like Nancy said: 'Just say NO.'

Sorry Steve. You should respect the 'Flood the Zone' aspect of this, no? Monster.

Stall tactics, what happened to swift justice?

Someone should tell him that a big part of being put on trial for committing crimes is that you don't get to set your own schedule.

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Let me think about that hell no 😂😂

Sounds circular

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Haha no. F u

Nope.

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