Assault on the Capitol: Steve Bannon ready to testify – Le Figaro

Steve Bannon, ex-adviser to Donald Trump, has turned around and agrees to testify before the House Committee investigating the bloody attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, days before the start of a trial on aimed at obstructing this investigation, reported the American media on Sunday. “Steve Bannon wishes, and prefers in fact, to testify in your public hearing”, wrote his lawyer Robert Costello on Saturday in a letter quoted by these media. Steve Bannon is among dozens of people called to testify in the assault on the US Congress on Capitol Hill that left five people dead and undermined American democracy. He initially refused to testify and was charged last November with obstructing the investigation the November 2020 presidential election, won by Democrat Joe Biden. Investigators believe Steve Bannon and other Donald Trump advisers may have information about the White House’s ties to the mob that swarmed the Capitol that day in an attempt to block certification of Trump’s victory. Joe Biden.Also readAssault on the Capitol: the noose tightens on Donald Trump protection of the right of presidents to keep certain documents and discussions confidential so that he does not appear before the commission of inquiry in October 2021. The commission found that this protection does not apply because Donald Trump is no longer president and has never officially asserted this privilege of the executive. “Everything converges it is the moment to attack” Steve Bannon had been charged in November 2021 with “obstructing” the investigative powers of Congress and the date for the start of his trial was then set for 18 July. According to Me Costello’s letter, Steve Bannon told the commission of inquiry that “circumstances have now changed”. “President Trump has decided that it would be in the interest of the American people to waive executive privilege for Stephen K. Bannon in order to allow Steve Bannon to comply with the subpoena issued by your commission,” it added. -elle.The testimony of Steve Bannon, aged 68, is seen as essential because it is supposed to help understand what Donald Trump was doing before and during the assault. The day before, Steve Bannon had said on a podcast that “everything converges and it’s time to attack”. Steve Bannon, a discreet but very influential adviser, played a crucial role in the election of Donald Trump in 2016 before being pushed out the following year. A close aide He was not holding any official position on Jan. 6 but appears to have discussed the protest with the president in the days prior, according to the commission of inquiry. He was notably part of the “crisis cell” led by advisers to Donald Trump from a luxury hotel in Washington before and after the assault on the seat of Congress.