J6 panel shuns live testimony from Trump associates, prefers to slice and dice taped depositions
"The reason they do this is to make a television moment consistent with their narrative," says
Steve Bannon's attorney Robert Costello.
By Nicholas Ballasy
Updated: July 12, 2022 - 11:23pm
House Democrats' Jan. 6 committee has been showing video clips at its hearings of previously recorded depositions from associates of former President Donald Trump rather than live public testimony.
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon recently offered to testify in public, according to a letter written to the committee by his attorney Robert Costello. The committee has not yet responded to Bannon's offer to testify publicly.
Costello told Just the News that the committee prefers to make a "television moment consistent with their narrative" rather than risk the surprises inherent in live testimony.
"They do not encourage live testimony," Costello said in a statement. "Bernie Kerik was given a conditional waiver of attorney client privilege by President Trump if Kerik would be allowed to testify publicly. The Select Committee declined. The reason they do this is to make a television moment consistent with their narrative. This is not an investigation, this is propaganda for political theatre."
In April, an attorney for former New York City Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik said the committee's chair, Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson, wouldn't accept Kerik's offer to testify publicly and had refused to make the transcript of his interview public.
"They want an appearance of noncompliance," said attorney Timothy Parlatore at the time.
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