Steve Bannon, former top adviser to Donald Trump, has indicated he will not cooperate with a subpoena from the House’s select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
Bannon will reportedly rely on Trump’s recent announcement that he would invoke executive privilege to protect himself and top aides from having to reveal information related to Jan. 6, sources told CNN.
TRUMP TO USE EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE TO BLOCK JAN. 6 SUBPOENAS
“It is therefore clear to us that since the executive privileges belong to President Trump, and he has, through his counsel, announced his intention to assert those executive privileges enumerated above, we must accept his direction and honor his invocation of executive privilege,” Robert Costello, Bannon’s lawyer wrote in a letter to the committee. “As such, until these issues are resolved, we are unable to respond to your request for documents and testimony.”
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The Sept. 23 subpoenas, which the recipients were supposed to comply with by Thursday or face criminal referral, demanded Bannon and three other Trump aides to turn over documents related to the riot.
