Bannon Loses Final Attempt To Delay Criminal Trial

July 14, 2022 Extremists, Trump cultists

A federal judge on Thursday once again denied former Trump advisor Steve Bannon’s attempt to delay his trial on criminal contempt of Congress charges stemming from the House investigation of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

Bannon’s trial is set to begin Monday, after Judge Carl Nichols of U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., rejected a motion from Bannon to delay it until at least mid-October.

“We’re still going to be at trial on Monday,” Nichols said, NBC News reported from the courthouse. Bannon’s attorneys had argued in a court filing Wednesday that the large amount of publicity ahead of the trial raised the risk of prejudice against him among the jurors to be selected to hear his case.

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