Trump whisperer Bannon has no legal basis to defy subpoena

Bannon’s claim of executive privilege has no legal merit. ... He left the White House staff in the summer of 2017. He has no immunity as a private citizen who may have spoken with then-President Trump.

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November 1, 2021 - 9:24 AM

Former President Donald Trump's former chief strategist Stephen Bannon exits Manhattan Federal Court following his arraignment on fraud charges over allegations that he used money from his group "We Build The Wall" on personal expenses, on August 20, 2020, in New York. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images/TNS)

The challenge in polarized political times is to keep your eye on democratic institutions and their proper authority. That’s the reason to applaud the nine House Republicans who voted last week to hold Steve Bannon, the sometime Donald Trump counselor, in contempt for defying a Congressional subpoena.

The subpoena was issued by the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and there are no doubt some partisan motives at play. Speaker Nancy Pelosi hopes the committee will find evidence to back up her claim that the riot was part of a larger plot to stage an…

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