Mr. Johnson, who attended the contempt trial in September, spoke in low tones today and did not smile as he addressed the court.
HUAC cited him for contempt of Congress, but Miller's contempt trial would not take place until the following year.
The Supreme Court is also scheduled to resume the contempt trial; it was interrupted on Friday when Mr. Sharif's supporters attacked the court building.
The question in the contempt trial is, did the network knowingly violate Judge Hoeveler's order?
Over and over today, the prosecution in the contempt trial of former President P. W. Botha used its first witness to lay out the questions that remain unanswered.
The contempt trial was followed by a federal trial, and there Mechanic made history.
The contempt trial of Charles Bakaly III is something of a curiosity in Washington.
The former police colonel appeared in the contempt trial of P. W. Botha, the former President who said he never sanctioned such activities.
On March 9, 2010 Judge Leonie Brinkema postponed the criminal contempt trial, pending a motion by defense attorneys to dismiss the charges in the case.
In the second contempt trial held in 1912, the defendants were again found guilty and sentenced to prison.