Bannon Files Emergency Appeal With Supreme Court

Bloomberg News reports:

Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, is asking the US Supreme Court to keep him out of prison while he fights to overturn his conviction for contempt of Congress.

The request was made after a divided appellate panel upheld a decision by US District Judge Carl Nichols that ordered Bannon to serve a four-month jail sentence starting July 1. Trump-appointed Judge Justin Walker, however, dissented.

A jury convicted Bannon, 70, for refusing to testify and provide documents to the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. A federal appeals court in May denied Bannon’s attempt to throw out his conviction.

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Bannon files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to stay out of prison https://t.co/2KxMzdxUUT

— WGN Morning News (@WGNMorningNews) June 21, 2024

THERE IT IS:

Steve Bannon asks Supreme Court to intervene and halt his 4-month prison term, arguing:

“There is no dispute that Mr. Bannon “is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the safety of any other person or the community if released”—indeed, he has been out on release… pic.twitter.com/NaNnOa5A96

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 21, 2024