The prosecution’s witness in the criminal contempt of Congress case against former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon was in a book club with a member of the prosecution team.
Kirstin Amerling, the House Jan. 6 Committee’s deputy staff director and chief counsel, testified under cross-examination on Wednesday that she previously worked with Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston while on staff for former Rep. Henry Waxman, California Democrat, more than a decade ago.
Ms. Gaston is one of the two prosecutors on the Bannon case.
Since serving on Mr. Waxman’s staff, the two have participated in a book club whose members are comprised mostly of current and former Democratic staffers on Capitol Hill, Ms.