Trump calls for January 6 committee to be indicted as Biden

Ex-president responds to judge ordering Steve Bannon to begin prison sentence as Joe Biden bats away rival’s insults

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Yesterday, Steve Bannon’s nearly two-year-long effort to avoid going to jail for defying the House committee investigating the January 6 attack appeared to reach its end, when a judge ordered him to begin his four-month jail sentence by 1 July. Bannon was a former top White House adviser to Donald Trump and instrumental in crafting his Maga ideology. In response to the judge’s decision, the ex-president posted on Truth Social that the committee’s members should be indicted. Add that to the list of things Trump has threatened to do if he returns to the White House.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden is in France to participate in events marking the 80th anniversary of D-day. In an interview yesterday with ABC News, he was asked about Trump’s comment that his order this week to curb the flow of asylum seekers was “weak and pathetic”. “Is he describing himself?” the president shot back.

Biden is set to speak at 10am ET on democracy at Pointe du Hoc, a promontory on the Normandy coast where a fierce battle took place on D-day.

The US economy added 272,000 jobs in May, much more than expected, even as unemployment increased slightly. Read more here.

Trump sat for an interview with television personality Dr Phil – seemingly in front of the stage at Mar-a-Lago where classified documents were found, as the Biden campaign is eager to point out.