🧵🪡 Next on the list. #politics #hearings #HATH
Amy Siskind
Woah! A lawyer for Steve Bannon is seeking to withdraw from representing him, citing the possibility of being called as a witness at trial.
Seems apparent Trump is freeing up Bannon to testify because he will lie under oath to protect him, and he knows it.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bannons-lawyer-asks-withdraw-case-filing-2022-07-08/
Tim Shehane
It is a delay tactic he is threatening to be Bannon's witness against the Jan 6 Committee
Jim McMichael
Tim Shehane this is for a criminal trial starting in a few weeks, I think.
Tim Shehane
Jim McMichael yes. It is. The charge is Contempt of Congress.
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They are attempting to game the system, and it's easy to prevent.
The lawyer wants to withdraw as lawyer so Bannon's new team can call him as a witness providing him the chance to turn his testimony into an attack on the Jan 6 committee.
The judge has 3 choices.
1. Deny the request.
2. Allow it with no qualifications upon it (this is the absolute worst choice.)
3. Allow it only if Bannon waives attorney client privilege.
I expect Bannon and the lawyer will reject option 3, leaving 1 the only realistic choice left for the judge.