On Friday, the Supreme Court unceremoniously denied Steve Bannon's final appeal to avoid his four-month prison term on contempt of Congress charges, as the appeals process plays out.
Bannon will report to prison on Monday morning. The former Trump adviser and conservative media personality will be housed with the general population at FCI Danbury instead of at a cushy “Club Fed.”
The Hill further reports:
The one-sentence order, which had no public dissents, keeps in place Monday's deadline for the one-time Trump strategist to report to prison, rejecting Bannon's emergency effort to delay it.
It makes Bannon the second Trump White House aide to serve prison time in connection with defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee. Peter Navarro, a former trade adviser to Trump, began his sentence in March after his emergency appeal at the Supreme Court similarly failed.
Two years ago, a federal jury in Washington, D.C., convicted Bannon on two counts of contempt of Congress for failing to appear for a deposition before the Jan. 6 panel and refusing to turn over subpoenaed documents.
As Bannon appealed, his trial judge had enabled him to delay his sentence because of a federal law that keeps defendants free if their appeal presents a substantial legal question likely to result in a reversal or new trial.
On May 10, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously upheld Steve Bannon's conviction for criminal contempt of Congress. On June 20, a separate three-judge panel from the D.C. Circuit rejected Bannon's bid to delay his prison sentence in a 2-1 vote.
Judges Cornelia Pillard (nominated by Barack Obama) and Bradley Garcia (nominated by Joe Biden) formed the majority, but their opinion was not signed.
Judge Justin Walker, appointed by Donald Trump, dissented. He argued that the legal precedent Bannon is contesting presents a “close” question.
Walker believed Bannon should be free during his appeal to the Supreme Court to challenge what he sees as significant constitutional issues.
After his 2022 conviction, Bannon told reporters outside federal court in D.C., “I've got great lawyers, and we're going to go all the way to the Supreme Court if we have to.”
“There's not a prison built or jail built that will shut me up.”
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