Mr Bannon, 68, was indicted last year over his failure to cooperate with the congressional committee probing the events leading up to the Capitol riot.

The former White House chief strategist is said to have been an unofficial advisor to Mr Trump at the time of the insurrection on 6 January 2021.

He faces up to two years in jail and up to $200,000 (£167,000) in fines.

Lawyers with the US Department of Justice had argued that Mr Bannon felt “above the law” by ignoring a “mandatory” legal summons from the congressional committee investigating the 6 January breach of the US Capitol.