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Tuesday 12 July 2022
Judge won't delay trial for Trump ex-adviser Steve Bannon

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Schoen, to speak out in
Associated Press frustration as he sought
WASHINGTON (AP) — A clarification from the judge.
federal judge on Monday "What's the point of going
declined to delay the up- to trial here if there are no
coming trial of Steve Ban- defenses?" Schoen asked.
non, a one-time adviser "Agreed," Nichols respond-
to former President Don- ed.
ald Trump who faces con- Bannon did not appear in
tempt of Congress charges court Monday. Speaking to
after refusing for months to reporters outside the court-
cooperate with the House house, Schoen said he
committee investigating questioned whether Ban-
the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrec- non could effectively de-
tion. fend himself given Nichols'
Bannon is still scheduled rulings and hinted he would
to go on trial next week appeal.
despite telling the House "He's the judge," Schoen
committee late Saturday said of Nichols. "That's why
that he is now prepared to they have a court of ap-
testify. It's unclear whether peals."
Bannon will again decline The 68-year-old Bannon
to appear before the com- had been one of the high-
mittee with the trial pend- Steve Bannon's attorney, M. Evan Corcoran, arrives at the Federal Courthouse for a hearing for est-profile Trump-allied
ing. Bannon on Monday, July 11, 2022, in Washington. holdouts in refusing to tes-
Bannon was also barred Associated Press tify before the commit-
from asserting several po- tee, leading to two crimi-
tential defenses or call- ruling or another delay, the violated House rules in de- an unbiased jury, the judge nal counts of contempt
ing House Speaker Nancy trial will begin as the com- manding Bannon's ap- said he would reconsider of Congress last year for
Pelosi or members of the mittee continues its high- pearance or that Bannon granting a delay. resisting the committee's
House committee to the profile hearings into the riot. defied the subpoena on Bannon could potential- subpoena. He previously
stand. The series of rulings Testimony by former White the advice of his defense ly argue he thought the argued that his testimony is
by U.S. District Judge Carl House aides has revealed counsel or at Trump's order. deadline to respond to the protected by Trump's claim
Nichols left one of his at- new allegations that Trump And Nichols declined to subpoena may not have of executive privilege.
torneys complaining that knew the crowd was heav- delay the trial from its cur- been "operative" or that Trump has repeatedly as-
the former White House se- ily armed and that he tried rent start on July 18, saying the date to respond could serted executive privilege
nior official, now host of the to join the people march- any concerns about pretri- have been moved, said — even as a former presi-
"Bannon's War Room" pod- ing to the Capitol. al publicity due to the hear- Nichols, who was nominat- dent — to try to block wit-
cast, wouldn't be able to Nichols also barred Ban- ings could be addressed ed to the bench by Trump. ness testimony and the re-
defend himself at all. non's attorneys from argu- during jury selection. If it The rulings led one of Ban- lease of White House docu-
Barring an appeals court ing that the committee proves impossible to pick non's attorneys, David ments. q

S.C. Governor seeks to protect port from landmark's pollution

ignation as a National His- tion efforts and remove all tor of the South Carolina
toric Landmark. 140,000 gallons (530,000 Department of Natural
The USS Yorktown — locat- liters) of fuel from the USS Resources. Those two sub-
ed in Charleston Harbor — Yorktown. stances are not water sol-
is experiencing continued The aircraft carrier also uble.
corrosion on its outer hull. picked up the Apollo 8 If they are not removed,
If hazardous materials leak crew and spacecraft in Boyles said they could ac-
into the harbor, Republi- 1968 after the first human cumulate in the sediment
can Gov. Henry McMas- mission to the moon. and sit at the bottom of
ter warned it would impair "This is a special place for a Charleston Harbor "for a
commercial shipping and whole lot of reasons," Mc- long time."
harm the ecosystem. Master said at a Monday Mount Pleasant Mayor Will
McMaster — who has sup- afternoon news confer- Haynie, an ex-officio mem-
ported environmental pro- ence. "It's been entrusted ber of the Patriots Point De-
tection in office but failed to us. And we have to be velopment Authority Board,
to get the endorsement of sure that it continues to said the executive order
conservation groups in his flourish." would protect the state's
2018 gubernatorial bid — U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of coastline as well as its sea-
The World War II- era aircraft carrier USS Yorktown sits at its moor-
ing at the Patriots Point Naval and Maritime Museum in Mount took steps Monday to mini- South Carolina called the food and tourism industries.
Pleasant, S.C., on March 15, 2013. mize that risk. action "a win for our com- "When you pick up any
Associated Press Speaking at Patriots Point munity" and "for the envi- piece of grass or any twig,
Naval & Maritime Mu- ronment." you realize you're connect-
By JAMES POLLARD more than 100,000 gallons seum in Mount Pleasant, Two of the substances ed to the entire universe,"
Associated Press/Report for (378,500 liters) of fuel from the Republican governor found on the ship are poly- Haynie said, paraphrasing
America a Navy aircraft carrier that announced an executive cyclic aromatic hydrocar- naturalist John Muir. "Every-
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — served in World War II and order directing the state's bons and polychlorinated thing on that ship, effec-
The nation's ninth-busiest the Vietnam War before its Office of Resilience to biphenyls, according to tively, can negatively af-
port is at risk of pollution by decommissioning and des- study the cost of remedia- Robert Boyles, Jr., direc- fect the entire universe."q