WASHINGTON (AP) - A lawyer for Steve Bannon said Friday that Bannon won't comply with a congressional investigation into the Jan.
6 insurrection at the Capitol because former President Donald Trump is asserting executive privilege to block demands for testimony and documents."As such, until these issues are resolved, we are unable to respond to your requests for documents and testimony," attorney Robert Costello said in a letter to the special House committee investigating the attack.But he also said that Bannon, a former aide to Trump who had contact with him the week of the Capitol attack, is prepared to "comply with the directions of the courts" when and if they rule on the issue.The directions from Trump to Bannon raise the prospect.