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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to Capitol riot probe charges
Bannon surrendered to the FBI on Monday and vowed to fight the case.
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Bannon surrendered to the FBI on Monday and vowed to fight the case.
The former adviser to Donald Trump is facing contempt charges for defying a subpoena.
Bannon was charged with two counts of contempt, each one carrying a penalty of one month to one year in jail.
It was not immediately clear when he would be due in court.
He failed to comply with a subpoena to appear before the 6 January congressional select committee last week.
If the House votes to recommend the contempt charges against Bannon, the Justice Department will ultimately decide whether to prosecute.
The pardons and commutations for 143 people were announced in the final hours of Trump’s White House term.
Bannon suggested that Dr Anthony Fauci and FBI Director Christopher Wray should be beheaded “as a warning to federal bureaucrats”.
The former White House strategist appeared in court by audio link today.
The former White House official was pulled off a yacht and arrested hours before his court appearance.
The reversal of the decision was announced last night.
Bannon has said that Johnson has “nothing to apologise for”.
“Facebook data is for sale all over the world,” Trump’s former chief strategist said.
Bannon, meanwhile, risked contempt by not answering questions from a House intelligence committee.
This is the first time Bannon has testified in the probe around Trump’s campaign involvement with Russia.
Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff spoke to RTÉ Radio One’s Seán O’Rourke this morning.
Donald Trump’s former Chief Strategist was the Executive Chairman of the right-wing website.
Bannon is quoted in the new Fire and Fury book as describing a meeting between Russians and Donald Trump Jr as “treasonous” and “unpatriotic”.
The book was made available in the US and UK today.
The book will be released today.
The former White House chief strategist had described a meeting between Donald Trump Jr and a Russian lawyer as “treasonous”.
It comes after a huge backlash over Trump’s response to white supremacist violence in Charlottesville, Virginia,
The White House strategist is reported to be on shaky ground with Donald Trump.
But, he notes, “it’s not up to me.”
Gone, after just a week and a half. Saturday Night Live didn’t even have a chance to cast him.
Bannon was thought to have had significant influence over President Trump’s decisions.
Steve Bannon is described as ‘power-hungry’, and has been given more power than most US advisors. But what can he actually do?
Ultra conservative news site Breitbart news is considering expanding into a number of European countries in advance of national elections.
According to a police report seen by the New York Times, police were called to Steve Bannon’s California home on New Year’s Day in 1996 and found his wife upset and with marks on her neck and wrist.