The development comes as the committee prepares to air some of its most striking revelations yet this week against Trump in what may be its final set of hearings.
Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and ally of Donald Trump who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has told the House committee investigating the attack that he is now willing to testify.
By Sara Murray, CNN Steve Bannon — who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges — told the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, insurrection on Saturday that he is now willing to testify, ideally at a public hearing, according to a l…
Bannon’s lawyer argued at the time that he was adhering to the assertion of executive privilege that had been claimed by former President Donald Trump.
Months after he was charged with contempt of Congress for stonewalling the Jan. 6 Select Committee, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon appears to have reversed course by telling the…
A lawyer for former Trump strategist Steve Bannon, who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena, told the committee over the weekend that Bannon may now be willing to testify, according to committee members.
Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon informed the Jan. 6 committee that he is willing to testify after receiving a letter from former President Donald Trump telling him he will waive his executive privilege.
Steve Bannon — who defied a congressional subpoena and is set to go to trial on criminal contempt charges — told the panel he's now willing to testify after he received a letter from Trump waiving executive privilege,
An attorney for Bannon wrote in a letter the former White House strategist “is willing to, and indeed prefers” to testify at a public committee hearing.
Bannon had been one of the highest-profile Trump-allied holdouts in refusing to testify before the committee, leading to two criminal counts of contempt of Congress last year for resisting the committee’s subpoena.
The offer cited an accompanying letter from former President Donald Trump purporting to “waive” executive privilege over his longtime ally's testimony.
Stephen K. Bannon, the former Trump campaign manager and White House adviser, made the abrupt about-face after the former president authorized him to talk to investigators.
WASHINGTON -- Steve Bannon, a former White House strategist and ally of Donald Trump who faces criminal charges after months of defying a congressional subpoena over the Capitol riot, has told the House committee investigating the attack that he is now willing to testify.
His decision is a remarkable about-face for Mr. Bannon, who until Saturday had been among the most obstinate and defiant of the committee’s potential witnesses. He had promised to turn the criminal ca...
Prosecutors said the circumstances surrounding Bannon's "eleventh hour" reversal suggest his "sudden wish to testify is not a genuine effort to meet his obligations."
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