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☆ Steve Bannon, Longtime Trump Ally, Sentenced to Four Months for Contempt of Congress
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Steve Bannon said he didn’t cooperate with the House select committee because of legal advice and concerns about executive privilege. WASHINGTON—A federal judge on Friday sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and said the former Trump strategist can remain free pending appeals of his conviction. “The sentence I am imposing reflects the fact that there can be more culpable ways to be in contempt of Congress than Mr. Bannon’s conduct,” U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said. “But I do believe Mr. Bannon does have some culpability here.”

Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months behind bars and a $6,500 fine on Friday for his contempt of Congress conviction. Bannon left the Trump administration in 2017. Following Bannon’s indictment last fall, other Trump allies appeared to take the consequences of blowing off the Jan. 6 committee more seriously. It was yet another astounding act from a president unbridled by any sense of the responsibility the office carries. While these statements do not prove his guilt, they certainly place him in a circle of possible co-conspirators.

Share this -Link copiedSteve Bannon sentenced to four months Bannon was sentenced to four months in federal prison along with a $6,500 fine. He noted Bannon had not been employed in the executive branch for several years and so was unlikely to possess information that would be covered by executive privilege. Share this -Link copiedNo comments from Bannon Bannon declined to make a comment before the judge imposes his sentence, saying his lawyers had spoken for him. The committee countered that executive privilege should not extend to Bannon, because he was not working for the White House at the time. Share this -Link copiedThis isn't the end of Bannon's legal troubles Bannon has more legal problems on the horizon.

Prosecutors decried Bannon 'stunt' Prosecutors have noted in the past that Trump lawyer Justin Clark had repeatedly told Bannon and his attorney that they were taking their executive privilege claims too far. Share this -Link copiedCourt in session Court is in session around 9 a.m. Share this -Link copiedBannon arrives to court Bannon arrived to federal court just after 8:30 a.m. The committee countered that executive privilege should not extend to Bannon, because he was not working for the White House at the time. Share this -Link copiedThis isn't the end of Bannon's legal troubles Bannon has more legal problems on the horizon.

☆ Steve Bannon, Longtime Trump Ally, Sentenced to Four Months in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-21 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon and his lawyers stood outside federal court in Washington after his sentencing Friday. WASHINGTON—A federal judge sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, and said the former Trump strategist would remain free while he appeals his conviction. “The sentence I am imposing reflects the fact that there can be more culpable ways to be in contempt of Congress than Mr. Bannon’s conduct,” U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said Friday. “But I do believe Mr. Bannon does have some culpability here.”

☆ Steve Bannon Should Get Six Months in Prison, Government Says
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Sadie Gurman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Former Trump strategist Steve Bannon was convicted earlier this year on two counts of contempt of Congress. WASHINGTON—Federal prosecutors are recommending a six-month prison sentence and a $200,000 fine for Steve Bannon , the former Trump strategist set to be sentenced later this week for defying a subpoena issued by the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Mr. Bannon’s lawyers asked the judge to allow their client to exhaust his appeals before any punishment takes effect, raising the prospect of years of litigation and a Supreme Court petition before the case is finished. In any case, they said, Mr. Bannon should get no punishment beyond probation.

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