Steve Bannon was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress and sentenced to four months in prison for ignoring a House Jan. 6 committee subpoena.

Steve Bannon's defense strategy to avoid prison by relying on attorney Robert Costello's advice, claiming that executive privilege allowed him to ignore a House Jan. 6 committee subpoena, failed. This was due to Trump lawyer Justin Clark's written statement that Trump did not invoke executive privilege for Bannon and did not advise him to withhold testimony or documents.

June 06, 2024
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