Steve Bannon

Speaking to Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon warned that Republicans would take offensive action if they took back the House.

He, at one point, accused the House committee members of lacking the "guts" to testify against him. We have to go after the Biden administration, which is illegitimate," Bannon said. "We have to really govern, and I mean govern on offense.

Steve Bannon was found unanimously guilty in contempt of the US Congress, in connection to the Capitol Hill riots on 6 January 2021.

The Committee has continued to seek cooperation for its investigation into the Capitol attack, from reluctant witnesses. Congress voted to hold him in contempt in October, noting that Bannon appeared "to have played a multi-faceted role in the events on January 6th," and that the American people were "entitled" to hear his testimony regarding his involvement, it added. An influential figure for the American right-wing, Bannon was convicted for defying a subpeona and refusing to appear in front of the committee that was probing the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

The former White House strategist offered up the nonchalant remarks in an appearance on Fox News' Tucker Carlson just hours after he was found guilty on the ...

If I go to jail, so be it.” He plans to appeal the decision. “’I will never back off,” he continued.

I support Trump and the Constitution and if they want to put me in jail for that, so be it,” he said.

Bannon is the first close Trump aide to be convicted as a result of the committee's probe. Former Trump adviser Steven Bannon was found guilty Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena issued by the Jan. 6 select committee investigating the attack, the New York Times reports. Former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner testified to the Jan. 6 select committee that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy seemed "scared" and pleaded for White House intervention in a Jan. 6 phone call. Catch up fast: Bannon was found guilty Friday of two counts of contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the Congressional select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. - Bannon was not working for the administration on the day of the riot, but the committee wanted his testimony because he was in communication with other key officials in the lead up to Jan. 6, and it believed his podcasts contributed to what occurred that day, theWashington Postreports. Former White House adviser Steve Bannon lashed out on Friday at the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, hours after a jury found him guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with the committee's investigation.

A jury found the former Trump advisor guilty after he defied Jan. 6 committee subpoena.

Although the House committee recommended that former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and former communications adviser Dan Scavino be charged with contempt of Congress for refusing to cooperate with its investigation, the DOJ did not press charges. Despite Bannon's staunch opposition to testifying before the House committee since it subpoenaed him in November, two weeks ago, Bannon changed his tune, saying that he was “willing” to testify. The jury reached a unanimous verdict, finding him guilty of two counts of contempt, in less than three hours.