WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon never ignored a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee as its return date was the subject of ongoing negotiation, and politics was behind the panel’s referral for criminal contempt charges, his defense attorney said.
“Politics invades every decision they make,” Bannon’s attorney, Evan Corcoran, told jurors in a Washington courtroom Tuesday, calling it the “life blood” of the House of Representatives.
Corcoran told jurors the evidence would make “crystal clear” that nobody expected Bannon to appear for testimony on the stated date and urged them to carefully listen to whether any document or statement that is introduced at trial is affected by politics.
