After a phone call with Donald Trump, Steve Bannon opened his podcast with their “theory of the case” on how to overturn the 2020 election

Written by Justin Horowitz

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New information from the House select January 6 committee investigating the insurrection revealed that then-President Donald Trump spoke with former aide Steve Bannon multiple times the day before the insurrection. After Bannon’s call with Trump on January 5, 2021, Bannon opened his podcast with their “theory of the case” on how to overturn the 2020 election. 

According to newly released presidential phone logs, Bannon spoke with Trump on the morning of January 5, 2021.

From the July 12, 2022 hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the Capitol, aired on Fox News

After his call with Trump, while opening his 10 a.m. broadcast, Bannon explained to his audience how to overturn the 2020 election results. 

During his opener, Bannon said, “The theory of the case is that there are a host of illegal elections that went across these six states by state legislators not doing their jobs. That’s going to be argued tomorrow in our nation’s capital in front of the House and Senate. Maybe a combo platter.”

From the January 5, 2021, edition of Real America's Voice's War Room: Pandemic

Previous reporting from Media Matters outlined Bannon’s behind-the-scenes efforts to foment the insurrection. This information adds new details to Bannon's involvement with the Trump team’s planned coup.