Steve Bannon, a former senior White House adviser, has decided he’s willing to testify before the committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol siege. Representative Zoe Lofgren, a committee member, told CNN Sunday that the committee will listen to Bannon, adding that they have a lot of questions directed at him, and he writes Vanity Fair.
The Former General Counsel He had previously refused to testify, citing the principle of presidential privilege. However, the legal representatives did not agree with this, because they believed that the presidential privilege was excessive, since on January 6, 2021, Bannon was no longer a staff member of the White House. against Steve Bannon Accused The US Department of Justice for violating Congress, but a few days Bannon give up To the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation.
According to the newspaper, the committee was also concerned with the fact that the day before the blockade, Steve Bannon said in an podcast,
Tomorrow all hell collapses.
US Legislature Building I got stuck on January 6 Trump supporters following the then president’s inflammatory speech. On the Capitol, the Senate was preparing to ratify the results of the November presidential election, which saw Democrat Joe Biden win.
Five people, including a policeman, were killed in the clashes. Donald Trump never admitted his defeat and wrote on his social media that the election was rigged. It is suspected that Steve Bannon had prior knowledge of the plan of the moves They turned violent.
Bannon was Donald Trump’s campaign manager during the 2016 presidential election, and then for seven months as a consultant I worked in the White House. The president dismissed him in the summer of 2017.
(Cover Image: Siege of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Photo: Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
