Bannon Asks Judge to Delay Contempt of Congress Trial, Citing Jan. 6 Hearing Publicity

Bannon Asks Judge to Delay Contempt of Congress Trial, Citing Jan. 6 Hearing Publicity
Steve Bannon at the White House on June 1, 2017. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
Updated:
0:00

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has asked a federal judge to delay his trial over contempt of Congress charges by three months due to the Jan. 6 House select committee’s hearings garnering too much publicity, making it unlikely that a jury would be impartial.

Bannon was indicted in November 2021 by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Katabella Roberts
Katabella Roberts
Author
Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
Related Topics