Appeals court upholds Trump White House aide Steve Bannon contempt of Congress conviction

Former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon flouted a House committee subpoena in connection with its Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot probe.

Aliver Aliver
May 10, 2024 - 21:07
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Appeals court upholds Trump White House aide Steve Bannon contempt of Congress conviction

Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, arrives to federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.

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A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal contempt of Congress conviction of former Trump White House senior aide Steve Bannon for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

The ruling by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit makes it more likely that Bannon will soon have to begin serving a sentence of four months in jail for his conviction of two counts of contempt of Congress.

But Bannon could ask the full judicial line-up of the D.C. Circuit to hear his appeal again. He also could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take an appeal of Friday's ruling.

Such requests typically face very long odds against success.

In March, Peter Navarro, another former adviser to ex-President Donald Trump, began serving a four-month federal jail sentence after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of his conviction for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 House committee.

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