Steve Bannon tells Jan. 6 committee he's prepared to testify

Former White Home chief strategist Steve Bannon knowledgeable the Jan. 6 committee that he's prepared to testify after receiving a letter from former President Donald Trump telling him he'll waive his govt privilege.

Bannon, who is about to go on trial for legal contempt fees later this month for defying a previous subpoena by the committee, additionally indicated he wish to testify publicly, based on a letter from his lawyer Bob Costello obtained by CNN.

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"Whereas Mr. Bannon has been steadfast in his convictions, circumstances have now modified," Costello wrote. "Mr. Bannon is prepared to, and certainly prefers, to testify at your public listening to."

In a letter to Bannon on Saturday, Trump mentioned that he was waiving govt privilege after seeing "how unfairly you and others have been handled."

"Whenever you first obtained the Subpoena to testify and supply paperwork, I invoked Government Privilege. Nevertheless, I watched how unfairly you and others have been handled, having to spend huge quantities of cash on authorized charges, and all the trauma you have to be going via for the love of your Nation, and out of respect for the Workplace of the President," Trump wrote, based on the outlet.

Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), a member of the committee, acknowledged that the panel had obtained the letter from Bannon's lawyer round midnight however mentioned the committee hasn't had "the prospect to debate it."

Lofgren did, nonetheless, point out that the committee would possible search a non-public deposition.

"Ordinarily, we do depositions. This goes on for hour after hour after hour. We need to get all our questions answered. And you'll't do this in a reside format,” Lofgren mentioned.

Bannon is going through two contempt of Congress fees for failing to adjust to a subpoena from the Home Jan. 6 committee final 12 months after insisting that Trump's govt privilege declare barred him from complying. Federal prosecutors have disputed the argument, citing that Bannon was not a member of the Trump administration on the time of the Capitol assault on Jan. 6.

Bannon's trial is slated to start on July 18.