loyalty. the grand jury has indicted bannon on two counts of contempt of congress. that comes 23 days after the criminal referral was sent to the justice department because bannon refused to comply with investigators. bannon is expected to turn himself over to law enforcement on monday and scheduled to appear in court that afternoon. he faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 fine if convicted. this is notable because no one ever claimed executive privilege which is the excuse he gave for not cooperating has ever been indicted by the grand jury for contempt of congress. only time will tell if the bannon executive privilege defense will hold. here is why it is so interested in talking to him. investigators pointed to a conversation bannon had with trump on december 30th. bannon reportedly urged trump to focus on the electoral college. they are looking at the days leading up to january 6th. he said all hell is going to break loose. and his participation in the january 5th m
the house select committee investigating the january 6 attack just got more powerful thanks to the justice department. a federal grand jury has indicted steve bannon on two counts of contempt of congress. the indictment stems from bannon s refusal to comply with subpoenas from the committee investigating the january 6 xpe himself over to law enforcement monday and scheduled to appear in court that afternoon. he now faces up to one year in prison and $100,000 fine if convicted. chair than bennie thompson and liz cheney issued this statement reading that the indictment should send a clear message to anyone who thinks that they can ignore the select committee or try to stone wall our investigation. no one is above the law. bannon has a lot of information that committee would find useful. here is a reminder of why the january 6 committee is so interested in talking to him. investigators have pointed to a conversation bannon had with trump on december 30th where bannon reportedly