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contempt of congress charges were politically motivated. proceedings began after the judge denied a defense request for a delay. last week he rejected executive privilege leading one defense attorney to ask, what's the point of going to trial if there are no defenses, to which the judge replied, agreed. this is the same steve bannon who promised as he made his first court appearance to make this the misdemeanor from hell. the same steve bannon who as he recently offered to appear live before the select committee expressed contempt for the members and tried to set conditions for his t...

put himself above the law. the defense suggesting that to contempt of congress charges against him were politically motivated. proceedings began today after the judge in the case, carl nichols, who is a trump appointee, denied a defense request for a month long delay. you will recall that last week he rejected the number of defenses, including bannon's claim of executive privilege, leaving one ban a defense attorney to ask -- and these are his words -- what's the point of going to trial if there are no defenses? to which the judge replied, agreed. remember, this is the same c van who...

Congress. they really tried to simplify this down for the jury, not get into the privilege ideas, which they can't. they really, really wanted to show that bannon had a firm date where he needed to turn over documents and he needed to show up for testimony, and he defied that willingly. that is what they have been trying to show. one of their witnesses, we saw the first witness, she's a deputy with the house select committee. the questions were very straightforward. did he turn over documents on that date he needed to, october 7? she said, he did not. then she was asked, did he show up for tes...

Really tried to simplify this down for the jury, not get into the privilege ideas, which they really can't. they really really wanted to show that bannon had a firm date where he wanted to turn over documents and needed to show up for testimony. he defied that willingly. that is what they have been trying to show. one of their witnesses, we saw the first one today, kristen and berlin, a deputy with the house select committee, the questions are straightforward for her. did he turn over documents on that day that he needed to, october 7th? she said, he did not. and then she was asked, did he sho...