Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Trump, should report back to jail by Monday after the Supreme Court docket rejected his last-minute attraction to delay his four-month sentence for defying subpoenas from the Home Jan. 6 committee.
Bannon was convicted in July 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to supply paperwork and testimony associated to the investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol assault. Sentenced in October 2022, his jail time period was delayed whereas he pursued appeals. After his appeals had been rejected by U.S. District Decide Carl Nichols and an appeals court docket, the Supreme Court docket was his remaining possibility.
Bannon claimed he was following his lawyer’s recommendation, awaiting decision of govt privilege points. Nevertheless, prosecutors argued that there was no legitimate declare of govt privilege, as Bannon had left the Trump administration years earlier than the occasions underneath investigation.
Bannon’s co-defendant, former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, is at the moment serving an identical four-month sentence.
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