WASHINGTON (AP) — Longtime Trump ally Steve Bannon is scheduled to report back to a federal jail in Connecticut on Monday to serve a four-month sentence on contempt fees for defying a subpoena within the congressional investigation into the U.S. Capitol assault.
A decide had allowed Bannon to remain free for almost two years whereas he appealed, however ordered him to report back to jail Monday after an appeals courtroom panel upheld his contempt of Congress convictions.
The Supreme Court docket rejected his last-minute attraction to stave off his sentence.
A jury discovered Bannon responsible of two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to sit down for a deposition with the Jan. 6 Home Committee and a second for refusing to offer paperwork associated to his involvement within the Republican ex-president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
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Protection attorneys have argued the case raises points that must be examined by the Supreme Court docket, together with Bannon’s earlier lawyer’s perception that the subpoena was invalid as a result of former President Donald Trump had asserted government privilege. Prosecutors, although, say Bannon had left the White Home years earlier than and Trump had by no means invoked government privilege in entrance of the committee.
Bannon’s attraction will proceed to play out, and Republican Home leaders have put their help behind stepping in to claim the Jan. 6 committee was improperly created, successfully attempting to deem the subpoena Bannon acquired as illegitimate.
One other Trump aide, commerce adviser Peter Navarro, has additionally been convicted of contempt of Congress. He reported to jail in March to serve his four-month sentence after the Supreme Court docket refused his bid to delay the sentence.
Bannon can be going through legal fees in New York state courtroom alleging he duped donors who gave cash to construct a wall alongside the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon has pleaded not responsible to cash laundering, conspiracy, fraud and different fees, and that trial has been postponed till at the very least the top of September.
