Former Trump White House chief strategist Steve Bannon
(Picture: REUTERS)Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon felt “above the law” by defying a legal summons to testify about last year’s riot at the US Capitol, prosecutors said at the start of his trial.
Federal prosecutor Amanda Vaughn told jurors on Tuesday that the subpoena issued last September "wasn’t optional, it wasn’t a request and it wasn’t an invitation. It was mandatory."