Argument that Bannon's lawyer advised him not to respond to subpoena rejected by three-judge panel
Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison and fined $6,500 for refusing to testify before and provide documents to the House committee investigating January 6 attack on Capitol
Steve Bannon's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress upheld by U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Former Trump White House senior adviser Steve Bannon's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress was upheld by the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on May 10, 2024. Bannon had been sentenced to four months in prison and fined $6,500 after refusing to testify before and provide documents to the House committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
According to court records, Bannon argued that his lawyer advised him not to respond to the subpoena from Congress. However, this argument was rejected by the three-judge panel who ruled that Bannon's
Steve Bannon was convicted of criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
Bannon could ask for a full review by the D.C. Circuit or appeal to the US Supreme Court, but such requests typically face long odds of success.
Steve Bannon was convicted of criminal contempt of Congress for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the US Capitol.
Bannon could ask for a full review by the D.C. Circuit or appeal to the US Supreme Court, but such requests typically face long odds of success.
Steve Bannon is scheduled to stand trial in state court in New York City in September on charges related to his alleged defrauding of donors who gave money to a non-profit group’s purported effort to build a wall on the US-Mexico border.
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The federal appeals court upheld Bannon’s conviction despite his argument that his attorney advised him not to comply with a subpoena from the House committee.
Steve Bannon was convicted for defying a subpoena about the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021.
Bannon's arguments for not complying with the subpoena were deemed to have no merit by a federal appeals court.
Bannon was one of two people convicted for defying congressional subpoenas for the Jan. 6 inquiry, alongside former White House aide Peter Navarro.
Bannon called Trump at least twice on Jan. 5, 2021, and the committee described his actions as amplifying pressure on then-Vice President Mike Pence to support Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
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][The House committee sought testimony and documents from Bannon for insight into Trump’s strategies after losing the 2020 election.][
Bannon was convicted at trial in July 2022 and sentenced to four months in jail and fined $6,500.
Stephen K. Bannon was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.
Bannon could soon serve a four-month term in prison as a result of his conviction.
Bannon argued during his appeal that his lawyers had advised him to ignore the subpoena and that Trump had ordered him to do so.
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Bannon was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee.
The federal appeals court upheld Bannon’s contempt conviction for having defied the subpoena.
Peter Navarro, another former Trump aide, is currently serving a four-month prison sentence for ignoring a subpoena from the committee.
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The article contains a dichotomous depiction and an appeal to authority. It presents the situation as a clear-cut case of defying a subpoena with no mention of any potential counterarguments or nuances. Additionally, it references Stephen Bannon's claims that former President Trump ordered him to defy the committee's demands, which is an appeal to authority.
The decision by the court means that Mr. Bannon could soon become the second former Trump aide to be jailed for ignoring a subpoena from the committee.
Mr. Bannon had fought his contempt conviction as forcefully as he fought the initial charges during his brief trial in Federal District Court in Washington in July 2022.
One of the arguments that Mr. Bannon raised to the appeals court was that his lawyers had advised him to ignore the committee’s subpoena — a tactic known as an advice of counsel defense. Mr. Bannon also claimed that Mr. Trump himself had ordered him to defy demands from the committee.
