OnPolitics: Trump documentary gives behind-the-scenes look at Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon has told the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol that he may be willing to testify, after all.

Bannon, who was in contact with former President Donald Trump in the days leading up to the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, refused to comply with a subpoena issued last fall, claiming executive privilege from Trump. Both the committee and full House voted to hold him in contempt of Congress.

A federal judge Monday refused to delay the criminal contempt trial of former White House strategist Steve Bannon after the Trump adviser's weekend agreement to testify.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols ruled Bannon could not prove that he relied on his counsel's advice when refusing to cooperate with the committee's subpoena.

Prosecutors had cast Bannon's new willingness to testify before the same House committee he had defied as a stunt to improve his chances at trial.

What charges does Bannon face? Bannon is charged with two counts of contempt involving his refusal to appear for a deposition and another involving his refusal to produce documents, despite a subpoena from the House committee.

It's Amy with today's top stories out of Washington.

'Unprecedented' Trump documentary provides behind-the-scenes of Jan. 6

Once he left the White House and was settled in Florida, former President Donald Trump told British filmmaker Alex Holder what the 2020 election taught him.

"I think I learned with the 2020 election, you have to be very untrusting," Trump said.

His comments were part of the third and final episode in the "Unprecedented" documentary that premiered on Discovery+ early Sunday morning.

The new documentary shows the former president said the election would be rigged long before it began, and he has held to those claims since being voted out of office. It's one of many things that has been publicly reported before the documentary was released.

Holder's documentary provides "never-before-seen" footage of the former first family and how Trump reacted immediately after the Jan. 6 insurrection, he said in a statement last month.

All of the Trump campaign's claims of a fraudulent election were debunked, ruled against or tossed by more than 60 judges, including many conservative judges whom he appointed.

Don't miss it: Another hearing from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack will be broadcasted at 1 p.m. ET Tuesday.

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• Retired general suspended from Army contract for Jill Biden tweet: A retired three-star general was suspended from a $92-an-hour contract consulting the Army and is under investigation after posting a tweet mocking first lady Jill Biden on a hot-button social issue, according to the Army.

• Paul Ryan was 'sobbing' while watching Jan. 6 Capitol attack: In his new book, “Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission,” journalist Mark Leibovich said former House Speaker Paul Ryan told him, "I spent my whole adult life in that building."

• How GOP candidates, lawmakers push 'dangerous' language: Experts see a disturbing pattern between a string of violent incidents across the country and an increase in "dangerous" language from Republican candidates and sitting members of Congress.

How an upcoming Supreme Court case could upend 2024 election laws

Months before voters went to the polls to choose a president in 2020, a handful of state courts stepped in to make it easier to cast an absentee ballot in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More often than not, those decisions were supported by the U.S. Supreme Court.

That could change by the time voters line up again in 2024.

The nation’s highest court will consider a bombshell appeal this fall that legal experts say could fundamentally change how federal elections are run, giving state legislatures more power to set voting rules, draw congressional districts and choose slates of presidential electors with less oversight from courts.

What is the case about? At the center of the dispute is a clause in the Constitution that delegates responsibility for federal election rules to the "legislature" of each state subject to oversight by Congress. Conservatives say the plain meaning of the founding document is that state legislatures – and only state legislatures – have the power to set those rules. That reading of the clause would cut governors, election officials and state courts out of the rulemaking process.

The case arrives at a moment when the court's 6-3 conservative majority appears eager to flex its muscle, even if that means overturning precedent supported by a majority of the country. It also comes as polls show Americans are losing faith in elections after years of hearing false claims of widespread fraud from former President Donald Trump and his allies.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump documentary provides behind-the-scenes look at Jan. 6 attack