D.C. Circuit unanimously affirms Bannon's contempt convictions

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   The D.C. Circuit affirmed Bannon's two contempt-of-Congress convictions. It held that circuit precedent barred good-faith reliance on executive privilege as a defense to willful default and rejected his challenges to the committee and trial rulings. Bannon's lawyers had argued that Trump's privilege position and the committee's structure made noncompliance lawful; the panel rejected those arguments.

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