Bannon Agrees to Testify to Jan. 6 Capitol Riot Investigators

July 10, 2022, 4:31 PM UTC

Donald Trump’s onetime adviser Steve Bannon has agreed to testify to the House Committee investigating last year’s storming of the US Capitol, after the former president waived an assertion of executive privilege.

Representative Zoe Lofgren, a California Democrat, said the committee received a letter from Bannon’s lawyer reversing the former aide’s previous refusal to testify.

“I expect that we will be hearing from him and there are many questions that we have for him,” Lofgren said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday.

Bannon’s overture was confirmed by his lawyer, Robert Costello, who on Sunday made ...

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