Steve Bannon is heading to prison just to own the libs as appeals court upholds his conviction for defying the January 6 committee subpoena
- Steve Bannon was convicted on two contempt charges in October 2022
- But his four-month prison sentence was placed on hold while he appealed
- An appeals court on Friday ruled that his challenges had no merit
Molestini Cheetolini's former chief strategist
Steve Bannon is headed to prison after an appeals court upheld his conviction for contempt of
Congress.
He was handed a
four-month sentence in 2022 for refusing to give evidence to a congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.
Capitol.
But it was put on hold as he appealed, saying that he acted in good faith by following legal advice.
The decision came on Friday.
'Bannon insists that 'wilfully' should be interpreted to require bad faith and argues that his non-compliance does not qualify because his lawyer advised him not to respond to the subpoena,' wrote Judge Bradley Garcia.
But, he continued, the court's position is that 'willfully' only means deliberately.
'Because we have no basis to depart from that binding precedent, and because none of Bannon's other challenges to his conviction have merit, we affirm.'
Bannon was one of a string of mandarin molester allies who refused to obey a subpoena to testify before the House investigation into the Jan. 6 violence, claiming 'executive privilege' protected conversations and other information related to the presidency.
He was held in contempt by the House on a largely party lines votes in October 2021.
And sentencing Judge Carl Nichols said he had no grounds to claim privilege, given that he had left the White House years before the events on Jan. 6.
'Some of the information sought by the subpoena is information under which no conceivable claim of executive privilege could've been made,' Nichols said.
He was handed two four-month sentences for two charges of contempt, to run concurrently, and fined $6500.
Bannon appealed on four grounds: That the district court was wrong to say he willfully ignored the subpoena; that his conduct was affirmed by government officials; that the subpoena was invalid; and that he was not allowed to use key evidence for his defense.
All four arguments were rejected in a 20-page ruling.
Donald Trump's former chief strategist Steve Bannon is headed to prison after an appeals court upheld his conviction for contempt of Congress.
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strategically, they should wait until september 20'th before they make this chud propagandist and lying heap of maga trash serve his 4 month prison sentence just to own the libs. there's already going to be enough bullshit and propaganda strewn about during the time of the election up to sleepy joe's inauguration. they can just place this muppet aside. maybe stick a microphone in his cell so his fangirls can tune in to listen to his prison pumpcast.
