US Capitol riot: Steve Bannon felt above the law, prosecutors say [View all]
Source: BBC News
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. Mr Bannon, a key player in Donald Trump's 2016 election win, faces two counts of contempt of Congress.
He is accused of ignoring the "mandatory" summons to testify to a congressional panel investigating the riot.
Mr Bannon, 68, says he is innocent.
If convicted, he could face up to two years in prison.
Mr Bannon served as campaign chief to Mr Trump in 2016 and became the Trump White House's chief strategist until he was ousted seven months later in the aftermath of a violent far-right 2017 rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. But he has remained in touch with Mr Trump and his top allies.
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