A federal appeals court last week upheld his contempt of Congress convictions.
Steve Bannon, former adviser to President Donald Trump , in a New York City courtroom in May 2023. Photo: Curtis Means-Pool/Getty ImagesThe Justice Department said a stay on Bannon's sentence now has "no legal basis" since a federal appeals court last weekof two counts of contempt of Congress in 2022 for defying a subpoena by the House January 6 select committee investigating the Capitol riot.
Because Bannon's appeal was unanimously rejected on all grounds last week, there's no longer a question of law that will likely result in reversal or a new trial, the DOJ argued, so the judge should order that Bannon be detained.Bannon has previously said he'd be willing to go to prison for refusing to comply with the committee's investigation and has repeatedly made vague threats of "in New York would begin on May 28.
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