Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has been found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack, CNN reports.
The committee subpoenaed Bannon in October for documents and testimony about his contacts with Trump in the days leading up to the Capitol attack, his presence in the so-called war room of Trump allies at the Willard Hotel in Washington on Jan. 5, and a prediction he made on his podcast about all hell breaking loose on Jan. 6.
Bannon promised to go “medieval” at trial and embarrass the government , but in the end, his legal team did not mount a defense and no witnesses were called to testify, not even Bannon.
After two days of trial, the jury reached a unanimous guilty verdict on the two contempt charges in less than three hours, according to CNN.
Bannon will be sentenced on October 21. He faces a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail.
