Steve Bannon’s Attorney Tells Appeals Court Contempt of Congress Trial Was Unconstitutional

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon looks on as his attorney David Schoen speaks to reporters outside the Federal District Court House in Washington, on July 21, 2022. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

A three-judge panel in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on Nov. 9 as to whether it should overturn former White House adviser Steve Bannon’s conviction for defying subpoenas in Congress’s investigation of the events on Jan. 6, 2021.

Mr. Bannon’s attorney, David Schoen, argued that the court had wrongly excluded evidence surrounding another attorney advising Mr. Bannon that he didn’t have to comply with the subpoenas because former President Donald Trump had invoked executive privilege.