Steve Bannon, an adviser to former US President Donald Trump, turned himself in to the Federal Bureau of Investigation today (Monday) after being convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with the commission of inquiry into the January break-in to the Capitol.
Bannon arrived at the headquarters of the FBI in Washington brought and delivered a defiant speech before entering and handing himself over to the organization's agents.
"We are about to overthrow the Biden regime," Bannon told media outlets that had been booked ahead of time.
Demonstrators against Bannon also arrived at the scene of the incident and one of them carried a sign referring to Bannon that read "Coup planner".
The counsel and media man has been arrested and is expected to appear before a federal judge.
In October, the Congressional Commission of Inquiry investigating the events of the Capitol Hill burglary required Bannon to present documents and testify during the indictment, but Bannon's lawyer, Robert Costello, announced that the former adviser did not intend to testify or provide documents, as instructed by Trump not to do so. this.
The lawyer argued that the documents required by the commission of inquiry were under the special confidentiality of the former president and could only be accessed by his authority.
However, the White House has argued that they will not support Bannon's refusal to testify and that they will not seek to exercise presidential secrecy in the case in question.
In addition to Bannon, former President Trump's chief of staff Jeff Meadows is also expected to stand trial for contempt of Congress after refusing to testify or pass on relevant documents to the state commission of inquiry.
Prosecution for contempt of Congress is possible, but it is a relatively rare procedure in American history.
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