Steve Bannon’s trial on contempt charges for defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 panel got underway in federal court with jury selection, and a new defense effort to bar evidence unless committee Chair Bennie Thompson testifies.
Bannon, 68, faces two counts of criminal contempt of Congress relating to the committee probe of the Capitol riot in what promises to be a circus of accusations, brash pronouncements and politics playing out daily in front of the media.
On Monday, attorneys for the prosecution and defense agreed on 22 qualified jurors, from which they will select the 12 jurors and two alternates on Tuesday. Jury selection took a while since many people had heard about the case and the Jan. 6 hearings.
