Jury found former Trump adviser guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to appear before House committee
Steve Bannon, the top former strategist to Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday afternoon in his contempt of Congress trial in Washington DC – a victory for the House January 6 select committee that referred him for criminal prosecution as it continues to investigate the former president’s role in the Capitol attack in 2021.
The jury in federal court took less than three hours to return its verdict and found Bannon guilty on two contempt charges stemming from his refusal to comply last year with a subpoena in the congressional investigation seeking documents and testimony.
