Steve Bannon has been ordered to pay almost $500,000 to lawyers who allege he stiffed them after they helped him land a pardon from his former boss.
related to the fraud allegations by the Manhattan district attorney's office. He's scheduled to stand trial next May.
The firm also represented Bannon when he snubbed a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, which eventually led to his being convicted of criminal contempt of Congress. He wasThe firm said that it did legal work for Bannon until November 2022, and that he paid only about $375,000 out of the more than $850,000 he'd been billed.
Bannon said he told the firm to"stop working on his behalf in January 2022," a claim the firm denied.Friday, Justice Arlene Bluth sided with the law firm, saying it had shown that Bannon"was actively seeking" their legal representation"well after the time that defendant allegedly told plaintiff to stop providing legal services," and that Bannon never objected to any of their invoices.
Bannon's current lawyer, Harlan Protass, told NBC News,"The judge's decision was clearly wrong and we intend to immediately appeal."
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