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Steve Bannon's sentence.

 


Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison for defying a subpoena from the congressional panel investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

A jury found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress in July for failing to appear before the panel or provide the requested records.

Bannon’s legal team claimed that he believed he was protected under Trump’s executive privilege, even though he left the White House in 2017.

Bannon’s lawyers had asked for probation, arguing that he had merely followed legal advice in refusing to comply with the subpoena.

Trump’s former political adviser received a subpoena in September 2021 from the committee probing the January 6 attack on the Capitol. In November, he was indicted by a federal grand jury for contempt of Congress.

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  1. Eric22 October 2022 at 16:44

    Honestly, Bannon got off lightly with just a 4 month sentence. Defying Congress plus not providing documents that he was obligated to provide should be punished with at least 1-2 years in prison. These sort of things should never, ever happen. What is Bannon hiding?

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  2. Dean E.25 October 2022 at 00:21

    Saying that "he believed he was protected under Trump’s executive privilege" sounds laughtable. He knew what he was doing and I think he must be hiding important records to put on this kind of show. He knew he was going to hail but still did his best to not provide Congress with those documents. I'm now more curious to know what he hid.

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