WASHINGTON, D.C., June 21 (UPI) — A federal appeals court Thursday night rejected Steven Bannon‘s request to stay out of prison as he appeals his criminal contempt of Congress conviction.
Bannon, a right-wing podcaster and ally of former President Donald Trump, is to report to prison July 1 after being ordered in October to serve four months behind bars for deifying a subpoena to testify in the House select committee’s investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection of the U.S. Capitol.
Earlier this month, his legal team had filed a motion asking the three-judge D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel to delay his prison sentence as he appeals his conviction — a request the bench rejected Thursday in a 2-1 vote.
The panel said in its ruling that Bannon “knew what the subpoena required yet intentionally refused to appear or to produce any of the requested documents.”
Bannon was accused by the House select committee of having information about circumstances that led to the assault on the Capitol, and had been subpoenaed to testify and hand over documents concerning discussions he had days before the insurrection with the then-outgoing president.
Bannon was accused by the House select committee of having information about circumstances that led to the assault on the Capitol, and had been subpoenaed to testify and hand over documents concerning discussions he had days before the insurrection with the then-outgoing president.
