JUST IN: Steve Bannon Ordered To Surrender To Prison

In May, a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the criminal conviction of Steve Bannon, upholding the 2022 verdict that found the former Trump strategist guilty of contempt of Congress. Bannon is now set to report to prison by July 1 after Judge Carl Nichols, appointed by former President Donald Trump, revoked his bail and ruled that the previous reasons for delaying his sentence are no longer valid on Thursday.

Bannon, convicted for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, had his sentence on hold during his appeal. He is expected to remain incarcerated until early November. He was convicted in 2022 for refusing to provide testimony and documents to the House committee investigating the January 6 breach on the Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Nichols initially put Bannon’s four-month prison sentence on pause during his appeal. However, Nichols changed his stance today, stating that the original reasons for delaying the sentence no longer apply. The decision follows a unanimous ruling against Bannon’s position by a D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals panel last month.

Bannon plans to extend his appeal to the full bench of the D.C. Circuit and possibly the Supreme Court. However, unless one of these courts intervenes to block Judge Nichols’ decision, Bannon is unlikely to avoid his prison sentence.

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Speaking from the federal district courthouse in Washington, D.C., Judge Nichols stated, “I do not believe that the original basis for my stay of Mr. Bannon’s sentence exists anymore,” according to POLITICO.

“This case raises serious constitutional issues,” Bannon said outside the courtroom.

Bannon, a former advisor to President Trump, faced charges related to his defiance of a congressional subpoena issued by the House Select Committee investigating the events of January 6, 2021. The committee sought Bannon’s testimony and documents as part of their investigation into the breach of the U.S. Capitol. Bannon was charged with contempt of Congress after he failed to comply with the subpoena. He did not appear for his deposition nor did he provide the requested documents, citing executive privilege as his defense.

The claim was contentious because he had not been a part of the Trump administration during the events in question, having left his official role in 2017. In July 2022, Bannon was convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress, one for failing to appear for his deposition and another for failing to produce documents. Each count could have led to a year in jail and a $100,000 fine. He was subsequently sentenced to four months in prison, but the execution of this sentence was initially delayed as Bannon appealed the conviction.

Bannon said on Thursday after Nichols’ decision: “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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