Bannon Is Using an FBI Interview to Undermine the Jan. 6 Panel

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Steve Bannon is trying to use the Department of Justice’s strategy against the Jan. 6 committee to argue it has no authority to subpoena him.

Political Investigations Reporter

Published May 13 2022 4:49AM EDT

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The Justice Department has already weaponized informal discussions with Steve Bannon’s lawyer to turn him into a witness against his own client. But now, the

Jose Pagliery

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Bannon Is Using an FBI Interview to Undermine the Jan. 6 Panel

Steve Bannon is trying to use the Department of Justice’s strategy against the Jan. 6 committee to argue it has no authority to subpoena him.

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Jose Pagliery