accusing him or his defense team of lodging, quote, prif louse legal complaints in order to cause a public battle with prosecutors as the one-time senior adviser to former president donald trump faces charges for criminal contempt of the house january 6th select committee. politico reporting prosecutors said in a filing last night an attorney for bannon had repeatedly rebuffed their efforts to negotiate an evidence-sharing agreement. a standard part of the process in criminal trials. instead, the prosecution said bannon s defense used a public court filing on wednesday in a statement to the washington post to complain about the case. a prosecutor writes in court documents, quote, the defense is misleading claims, failure to confer, unexplained wholesale opposition, and extrajudicial statements make clear the defense s real purpose to abuse