Steve Bannon, ex-Trump adviser, found guilty of obstructing investigation into Capitol assault

Steve Bannon, a former close adviser to Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday of obstructing the investigative powers of Congress by a jury in federal court, after refusing to cooperate with the commission on the assault on the Capitol.

Discreet but very influential adviser to the former Republican president, he had continued to exchange with him until the days preceding the assault of January 6, 2021. The parliamentary commission of inquiry had asked him to testify and produce documents, which he had refused.