Fri Oct 21, 2022 – 7:23 pm EDT
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Conservative political commentator and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in prison and ordered to pay a $6,500 fine for refusing to comply with a subpoena by the January 6 Committee. Bannon has vowed to appeal the sentence.
The former Trump aide, who attempted no defense during the trial, told reporters after the jury’s verdict that he respected the judge’s decision but that his legal team is planning a “vigorous appeals process.”
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols agreed to stay Bannon’s penalty pending the anticipated appeal, The Washington Post reported.
BREAKING: Steve Bannon sentenced to 120 days for defying Jan 6 committee, RELEASED pending appealhttps://t.co/73uOHydDXY
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Friday’s sentence comes after the Department of Justice asked a federal judge on Monday to hit Bannon with an even greater penalty, recommending a six-month prison sentence and a $200,000 fine. Bannon is the first person to be sentenced to prison time for bucking a Congressional subpoena in decades, NPR noted.
In July, a federal jury convicted Bannon of two counts of contempt of Congress after he attempted
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