Steve Bannon Sentenced To Four Months In Prison For Contempt Of Congress
A federal judge sentenced former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to four months in prison for contempt of Congress charges he received for ignoring a subpoena to testify before the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack. U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols ruled that Bannon’s actions went against public interest and that Bannon “did not express remorse and has attacked the select committee at every turn.” The former Trump adviser had contended that he would only testify if Donald Trump waived his executive privilege, even though the Justice Department said that ...