Ex-Adviser to Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, has been found guilty of contempt of congress after refusing to appear before the Capitol riots hearing Read more here 👉 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
"The defendant made a deliberate decision not to comply and that, ladies and gentlemen, is contempt. It is a crime."
Evan Corcoran told jurors:"The question is: Why? Why was Steve Bannon singled out? I ask you if this was in any way affected by politics?" On the morning of 6 January, thousands of Trump supporters - inspired by an incendiary speech he had just given near the White House in which he repeated claims he had been denied a second term due to voter fraud - marched to the Capitol building that houses the US seat of government.
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