WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon’s lawyer told a Washington jury that a scribbled signature on a congressional subpoena could be the key to his acquittal on charges that he illegally defied lawmakers probing the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The remarks were made in closing statements to jurors Friday before they began deliberations in the case.
Defense attorney Evan Corcoran said the signature by Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chair of the US House Jan. 6 committee, doesn’t look like the lawmaker’s identical signatures on letters he sent to the longtime Donald Trump adviser.
