Jul 12, 2024 - 21:00
By cnbc.com

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon begins four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress

Steve Bannon, a former aide to Donald Trump, reported to prison on Monday to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.
Bannon was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress in July 2022 after he refused to provide testimony and records to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Bannon's last-ditch effort to avoid jail time while he appeals his conviction.

Steve Bannon, a former aide to Donald Trump, reported to prison on Monday to begin a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena.

Bannon entered the federal correctional institution in Danbury, Connecticut, around 12:00 p.m., NBC News reported.

In July 2022, a Washington, D.C., federal jury found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress after he refused to provide testimony and records to the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Bannon's sentence was stayed pending an appeal. But after a federal appeals court panel upheld Bannon's conviction in May, a federal judge in early June ordered him to report to jail by July 1.

Bannon had argued that he was not guilty of contempt because his lawyers advised him to not comply with the congressional subpoena based on the chance his testimony might be covered by executive privilege — a defense the appeals court rejected.