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Vanity Fair reports:
Days after being ordered to surrender by July 1 for a four-month prison sentence, longtime Trump adviser Stephen Bannon told Tucker Carlson: “In my 20s I served my country on a Navy destroyer, and in my 70s I’ll serve my country in a federal prison. It doesn’t make any difference to me. It won’t change my life in one way.” But apparently, it actually does matter to him, because last night he made a last-ditch attempt to stay out of the big house.
In an emergency motion filed Tuesday, Bannon, who was sentenced to time behind bars for contempt of Congress, asked a federal appeals court to let him remain free while he appeals his criminal conviction. Why does he think the court should grant him such a reprieve? Because he’s trying to help reelect Trump, and also because he has a podcast that his listeners simply cannot be deprived of.
Read the full article. My first report on the filing is here.
Stephen Bannon’s lawyers suggested in a court filing that he should not have to go to prison because it would deprive his podcast listeners of valuable information in the run-up to the election. https://t.co/m6BQJRFTI5
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) June 12, 2024