WASHINGTON — Longtime Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon will go on trial Monday in his criminal contempt case for refusing to cooperate with the congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot, even after he offered to publicly testify.
Bannon had argued that the trial should be delayed by three months because jurors would be affected by the news media attention surrounding the U.S. House hearings on the January 2021 insurrection. Then, over the weekend, he said he would appear before the committee after all.
But at a federal court hearing Monday in Washington, U.S. District Judge Carl J. Nichols declined to postpone the July 18 trial and ruled that any bias can be established and dealt with during jury selection.
