Steve Bannon

2022 - 10 - 22

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Steve Bannon given four months in prison for contempt of Congress (The Guardian)

Former Trump strategist also fined $6500 for refusing to comply with subpoena issued by Capitol attack committee.

A person close to Bannon described him as feeling triumphant and unrepentant. Nichols also ruled he would stay the sentence as long as Bannon filed his anticipated appeal “timely”. This is not hard. “This is not difficult. [among the first targets](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/23/us-capitol-attack-subpoena-mark-meadows-steve-bannon) of the investigation, and his refusal to comply with the subpoena galvanised the panel’s resolve to make an example of him with a contempt referral. [sentenced ](https://twitter.com/ryanjreilly/status/1583472955853803520)Friday to four months in federal prison and $6,500 in fines after he was [convicted of criminal contempt of Congress](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/22/steve-bannon-trial-trump-contempt-congress-charges) for refusing to comply last year with a subpoena issued by the House January 6 select committee.

Trump ally Steve Bannon faces sentencing for contempt – Metro ... (Metro Philadelphia)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, a longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday after being convicted of defying a.

The defense, meanwhile, said he wasn’t acting in bad faith, but trying to avoid running afoul of executive privilege objections Trump had raised when Bannon was first served with a committee subpoena last year. The House committee had sought Bannon’s testimony over his involvement in Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The statutes for contempt of Congress each carry a minimum sentence of 30 days behind bars, but Bannon’s lawyers argue the judge could just sentence him to probation and not send him to jail.

Steve Bannon, former Donald Trump adviser, sentenced to four ... (ABC News)

A jury found Bannon guilty of contempt of Congress in July after just three hours of deliberations after he refused to testify or provide documents ...

Bannon had sought to portray the criminal charges as politically motivated, lashing out at Mr Biden and Attorney-General Merrick Garland, while saying, "They took on the wrong guy his time." His lawyers have said they will appeal his conviction. He was indicted in New York state in September on charges of money laundering and conspiracy, with prosecutors accusing him of deceiving donors giving money to help build Trump's promised wall along the US-Mexico border. At his trial, prosecutors called only two witnesses, while Bannon's defence team called none. According to the committee, Bannon spoke with Mr Trump at least twice on the day before the attack, attended a planning meeting at a Washington hotel and said on his podcast that "all hell is going to break loose tomorrow". - He was a key adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and was briefly White House chief strategist in 2017

Steve Bannon: how the Trump ally's varied career led him to prison (The Guardian)

The former media entrepreneur, naval officer and investment banker was at Trump's side during his ascent and some of his most divisive moments.

I’m the king.’” Critics decry him as a nationalist and a nihilist bent more on destroying the American political system that reforming it. The media, crazy. Bannon took over the Breitbart News website after its founder died of a heart attack in 2012. He took over as Trump campaign chair months before the election in 2016, helping hone the populist edge used to upset Hillary Clinton. This time he can expect no presidential pardon, at least not as long as Joe Biden is in the White House.

Steve Bannon sentencing: Jail term shows January 6 risks for Trump (BBC News)

This sentence for contempt of Congress comes as Donald Trump faces a subpoena from the same committee.

And should the Republican Party take over the House of Representatives after the midterm elections on 8 November, Trump's allies in Congress have vowed to disband - and even investigate - the January 6 committee. But despite the court's admonishments, he lashed out at the Biden administration and called for the US attorney general to be impeached. It was the kind of language that got Bannon in trouble in the first place. Despite the jeers of "fascist traitor!" Mr Trump is not expected to comply, and the move could set off another legal skirmish. A few hours later, the House January 6 committee issued it's most dramatic subpoena yet - to Mr Trump himself.

Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon sentenced to jail for contempt of ... (SBS)

US District Judge Carl Nichols also ordered Steve Bannon pay a fine of $A10,298.

"The January 6 committee thus has every reason to investigate what happened that day." Bannon has "not produced a single document... "Today was my judgment day by the judge," Bannon told reporters outside. "And we know which way that is going," he said. Asked by reporters at the White House for a reaction to the Bannon sentencing, Biden answered dismissively: "I never have a reaction to Steve Bannon." "The Biden administration ends on the evening of the 8th of November."

Steve Bannon verdict: Ex Trump adviser sentenced to four months in ... (BBC News)

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon railed against the "Biden regime" after being sentenced to four months in jail for contempt of Congress.

Defence attorney David Schoen - who represented Mr Trump in his second impeachment trial at the US Senate - said that Bannon was acting "on principle". There is nothing here to punish." Even after his departure, the combative and controversial podcaster was considered a top ally of Mr Trump. Bannon was a key player in Mr Trump's successful 2016 election campaign and later took the role of chief strategist at the White House. Bannon has repeatedly made similar statements in the past and falsely claimed that Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election. "Today was my judgement day by the judge," Bannon told reporters immediately following the sentencing.