A federal judge on Thursday ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison on July 1 to begin a four-month prison sentence for defying subpoenas from the Jan. 6 Committee after a higher court rejected his appeal.
Bannon was found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022 for defying the committee’s subpoenas, but his sentence had been put on hold while he appealed the case. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said Thursday he did not believe that the “original basis” for his stay of the imposition of Bannon’s sentence existed any longer after an appeals court upheld Bannon’s conviction. Bannon could still appeal Nichol’s ruling that he must report to prison.
Bannon was sentenced more than a year and a half ago, in October 2022, to four months behind bars, the same sentence currently being served by former Trump adviser Peter Navarro, who also refused to comply with a Jan. 6 Committee subpoena.
Second (or third, depending on how you look at it) Riker of the day!
Hope the pruno is enough for you to avoid the DTs, Steve.
Well that’s a new one for me, and I would just like to add… Gross.
Which makes it very Bannon appropriate.
If you think that’s bad, nutraloaf is worse. And it’s supposed to be a punishment. At least pruno is self-inflicted.
I hope Steve Bannon receives the exact same treatment Republicans think other guilty prisoners deserve.