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Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months in jail for contempt of Congress
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Oct 21, 2022 10:18am |
| Category | Legal Ruling |
| News Date | Oct 21, 2022 07:50am |
| Description | Former top Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in jail for defying a subpoena from the congressional probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
A U.S. District judge also fined Bannon $6,500. But he ruled that Bannon will not have to serve the sentence until an expected appeal plays out.
Both the jail term and fine came in below the sentence recommended by federal prosecutors.
The proceeding makes Bannon one of the highest-profile figures to be sentenced to jail on charges related to the insurrection.
Prosecutors wanted the court to sentence Bannon to six months in jail — the top end of the federal sentencing guidelines range — and the maximum fine of $200,000. |
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