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Jan 6th

Steve Bannon, facing jail, agrees to testify to Jan 6 committee

Steve Bannon (left) and his attorney David Schoen speak to the media after Bannon surrendered to authorities in Novemver 2021.

The former president had previously instructed Bannon and other associates not to cooperate with the panel, claiming that executive privilege – a president’s power to withhold certain internal executive branch information –compelled them to stay silent. But in recent days, as several witnesses have come forward to offer the House panel damning testimony about his conduct, Trump has grown frustrated that one of his fiercest defenders has not yet appeared before the committee, people close to him said.

Source: Steve Bannon, facing jail, agrees to testify to Jan 6 committee

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‘Backed into a corner’ Trump is having a ‘meltdown’ over the direction of the Capitol riot committee: journalist – Raw Story – Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism

The emperor has no clothes: Trump supporters are abandoning former president as his weaknesses are exposed

Speaking with host Lindsey Reiser, the political analyst stated that his sources claim Trump is having a “meltdown” and is furious with former aides who have been providing the bipartisan committee with information about White House doings related to the “Stop the Steal” rally that preceded the riot. “You have some new reporting about what’s unfolding in Trumpworld as this investigation ramps up,” host Reiser prompted. “You write the former president appears deeply unnerved. You wrote, quote: ‘Donald Trump is increasingly agitated by the House select committee investigating the capitol attack according to sources familiar with the matter and appears anxious he might be implicated in the sprawling inquiry into the insurrection even as he protests his innocence. What more do you know about what’s going through his head right now?” RELATED: ‘Increasingly agitated’ Trump is growing ‘anxious’ over House riot committee revelations: report 00:27 01:43

Source: ‘Backed into a corner’ Trump is having a ‘meltdown’ over the direction of the Capitol riot committee: journalist – Raw Story – Celebrating 17 Years of Independent Journalism