Why Steve Bannon should worry about the Trump-appointed judge handling his criminal case
At first glance, Steve Bannon appeared to hit the judge-drawing lottery when his criminal prosecution was randomly assigned to a Donald Trump appointee.
But in the two years since Judge Carl Nichols' confirmation to the federal trial court in Washington, DC, he has ruled repeatedly against Trump and his allies — and often found himself in high-profile cases like the closely-watched prosecution against Bannon that has landed in his lap.
Nichols' record could be concerning for Bannon, a former top White House advisor and Trump 2016 campaign official who was charged last week with criminal contempt of Congress over his refusal to turn over documents or testify as part of the House investigation into the January 6 attack on the Capitol.
Just a month into his tenure on the federal bench, as House Democrats aggressively investigated Trump and his administration, Nichols drew a politically-charged case that presented — in his words — a "conundrum." It was July 2019, and then-President Trump had sued preemptively to prevent New York from turning over his financial records to House Democrats.
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