Judge warns against 'political circus' in Trump ex-adviser Bannon's trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge in the criminal trial of Steve Bannon, Donald Trump's prominent former presidential adviser, told defense lawyers on Wednesday not to turn the case into a "political circus" as they prepared to cross-examine a lawyer for the U.S. congressional panel whose subpoena he defied last year.
Bannon, 68, has pleaded not guilty to two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress. Opening statements and testimony from the prosecution's first witness in the trial came on Tuesday.
Federal prosecutors on Wednesday resumed their questioning of Kristin Amerling, chief counsel of the Democratic-led House of Representatives select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters.
Amerling told the jury on Tuesday that Bannon missed two key deadlines in October 2021 to provide documents and testimony sought in a subpoena issued by the committee the prior month.
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