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EXCLUSIVE: CNN, ABC, and more than a dozen media companies file legal brief JOINING Steve Bannon’s bid to lift the DOJ’s order stopping him sharing 1,000 files in his contempt of Congress case
- Prosecutors are seeking a protective order that would prohibit Bannon or his team from disclosing materials from the case
- Justice Department says prosecutors have handed over grand jury materials, interviews, and Jan. 6th Committee emails totaling more than 1,000 pages
- Media groups have submitted a motion arguing on Bannon's side
- The press group argues that the government's proposed order would violate the First Amendment
- The Feds argued in their own motion Sunday that Bannon is seeking to 'try this case in the media rather than in court'
- Bannon was indicted this month and charged with contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with a subpoena from the House Jan. 6th committee
- Joining in the filing are CNN, ABC, NBC, the New York Times, and the Washington Post
A coalition of major media companies has filed a legal brief in support of former Trump chief White House strategist Steven Bannon as he fights a proposed protective order in court that would keep him from publicizing Jan. 6th documents and information.
The media group – which includes CNN, ABC, NBC, plus the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the parent company of the Wall Street Journal – filed a motion to intervene as Bannon's fights the government's proposed order as part of his contempt of Congress case.
The order would severely limit what Bannon can do with the trove of information that the feds must share as part of the normal discovery process and have already begun handing over. According to a prior government filing, this includes more than 1,000 pages of witness testimony, grand jury material, and even emails from staff for the House Jan. 6th Committee investigating the Capitol riot.
The press group argues that the government's proposed order would violate the First Amendment – and takes on the government's own contention that allowing Bannon to use the materials would result in pretrial publicity that could taint the jury pool.
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Media coalition files brief JOINING Bannon's fight against court order
A group of major media companies has submitted a motion arguing that the government's proposed protective order on Steve Bannon would violate the First Amendment.
