Former Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, has been sentenced to 4 months in prison for contempt of Congress. He is free while awaiting appeal.

Karah Rucker Anchor/Reporter

Trump advisor, Steve Bannon, sentenced to prison, free awaiting appeal

Oct 21, 2022

Karah Rucker Anchor/Reporter

By Karah Rucker (Anchor/Reporter), Ben Burke (Producer/Editor)

Steve Bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison for criminal contempt of Congress. The longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump was also ordered to pay a $6,500 fine.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols said he’s prepared to let Bannon remain free while he appeals his convictions.

Bannon, 68, was sentenced in federal court in Washington Friday morning, after a jury found him guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the White House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Federal prosecutors were seeking what they describe as a “severe” penalty: six months in jail and a fine of $200,000. In court papers earlier this week, they said Bannon pursued “a bad faith strategy of defiance and contempt.”

Bannon sat quietly and did not react as Judge Nichols delivered the sentence.

Tags: Donald Trump, Jan. 6, Steve Bannon

KARAH RUCKER: FORMER TRUMP WHITE HOUSE ADVISOR STEVE BANNON HAS BEEN SENTENCED TO FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON AFTER HIS CONTINUOUS REFUSAL TO TALK WITH THE HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATING JANUARY SIXTH.

HE DEFIED A SUBPOENA TO SIT AND TALK WITH COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ANOTHER TO TURN OVER DOCUMENTS.

BANNON STEPPING OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM TODAY TAKING TO THE MICROPHONE.

STEVE BANNON: FORMER TRUMP ADVISOR: “This illegitimate regime … their judgment day is coming on 8 November, when the Biden administration ends.”

KARAH RUCKER: THIS MAKES BANNON ONE OF THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE FIGURES SENTENCED RELATING TO JANUARY SIXTH. BANNON’S TEAM WILL OF COURSE APPEAL THE RULING AND A JUDGE RULED HE WON’T HAVE TO SERVE PRISON TIME UNTIL AFTER A VERDICT IS REACHED IN THE APPEAL PROCESS.