'MAGA meet and greet?' Jokes fly as Steve Bannon's conviction appeal fails

Former Donald Trump adviser and far-right firebrand Steve Bannon lost his appeal of his case for contempt of Congress Friday — and he didn't get a lot of sympathy on social media.

It means that Bannon must now appeal to the Supreme Court or make arrangements to turn himself over to prison, legal analyst Allison Gill pointed out on X.

"I imagine he will appeal to SCOTUS next. He was indicted in November 2021, and convicted in July 2022," she wrote.

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Former federal prosecutor Barbara McQuade cheered, "Victory for the rule of law. It is time ... he served his time."

Former prosecutor Joyce Vance said, "Bannon is effectively out of appeals. He can delay a little bit longer, asking for the full court to review the decision en banc & asking SCOTUS to hear his case on cert, but neither one of those things will happen. Bannon is going to prison."

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"And now it’s time for Bannon to be given a date to report to the federal Bureau of Prisons to begin serving his sentence," legal expert Glenn Kirschner said on X.

"At this point, is it a prison or a MAGA meet-and-greet?" the Lincoln Project joked.

It's unclear which prison Bannon would be sent to. While the contempt ruling came out of Washington, D.C., his former colleague Peter Navarro — who was convicted of similar charges after both refused a congressional subpoena to testify — is serving his sentence in Miami.

MeidasTouch editor Ron Filipkowski anticipated that, "Bannon & MAGA will claim the Deep State conspired to have him in prison during election crunch time."

He went on to write that there were at least three ways that Bannon could have avoided prison altogether: "1. Showing up; 2. Not going to trial; 3. Not putting off his sentence."

Lawyer Geoge Conway recalled an X post from the mockery account "Allen Weisselberger."

"Wait till Steve Bannon finds out you only get one shirt in prison," Weisselberger cracked.

Activist Jeff Tiedrich quipped on Threads: "Congratulations to Steve Bannon, the most-recent graduate of the University of F--k Around and Find Out.'"

"Steve Bannon, come on down," cheered Lev Parnas, one of the former Rudy Giuliani henchmen involved in the efforts to find dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine. "You’re the next MAGA loyalist to go to prison !!! Don’t worry Donald Trump will be joining you soon !!!"

National security expert Marcy Wheeler pointed out that Bannon also faces a New York State fraud trial in September. "Gonna be tight getting through prison before then," she noted.

Bannon refused to answer questions before Congress about the Jan. 6 attack for the probe. The House Select Committee voted to hold him in contempt and the rest of Congress agreed. The Justice Department then took up the case, and a D.C. court agreed he was in contempt of Congress. He was then sentenced to four months in prison.

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