Speaker Mike Johnson approves House intervening in Bannon case before prison sentence starts

Speaker Mike Johnson announced Tuesday night he has approved having the U.S. House intervene in Steve Bannon’s contempt case just days before the former Trump aide was set to report to prison.

Johnson told Fox News host Sean Hannity he has authorized the House counsel to file an amicus brief supporting Bannon’s emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, arguing the Democrat-run January 6 committee was illegitimately formed, and its work compromised. 

“We're working on filing an amicus brief with his appellate work there in his case because the January 6 committee was, we think, wrongfully constituted,” Johnson said. “We think the work was tainted. We think that they may have very well covered up evidence and maybe even more nefarious activities.