Steve Bannon pleads not guilty to contempt of Congress charges

Steve Bannon is pleading not guilty to both counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. 

Bannon, who previously vowed to fight the "misdemeanor from hell" charge, was released by authorities on Monday after surrendering himself to the FBI.

"If the administrative state wants to take me on, bring it," he said Monday. "We're gonna go on offense."

A federal grand jury indicted him last week for failing to appear before the House committee and providing the committee with documents pertinent to its investigation.