Judge Rejects Requests For Delay In Steve Bannon's Trial

Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress trial will go on as scheduled and will center on his refusal to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee.

Amid requests for delays and last minute changes of heart, the federal judge in former President Donald Trump’s adviser Steve Bannon’s trial has decided to keep the trial schedule on track.

Jury selection is set to begin Monday in Bannon’s contempt of Congress trial after he asked Judge Carl Nichols to push it back, citing the publicity the Jan. 6 committee raised about Bannon during the hearings.

Nichols denied that request, saying it would be possible to find unbiased jurors in the D.C. area who haven’t been watching the hearings.