House GOP leaders go to bat for Bannon in bid to keep him out of jail for defying Jan. 6 panel

Former Donald Trump adviser and far-right streamer Steve Bannon is getting help from House Republicans as he tries to avoid jail time.

At least one House Republican has gone directly to the Supreme Court to support Bannon’s last-ditch appeal to avoid having to turn himself into federal prison authorities on July 1.

House Speaker Mike Johnson — whom Bannon once called a “revolting loser” — also is working with GOP leadership to file a brief to a federal appeals court to undermine Bannon’s conviction for contempt of Congress, after he defied a subpoena from a congressional committee investigating January 6.

Johnson, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise and Majority Whip Tom Emmer agreed to “withdraw” findings from the House select committee, believing it was “wrongfully” conducted and that former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “abused her authority” when organizing its membership.

“Thus, the Select Committee improperly asserted to the House that Mr. Bannon refused to appear for a duly executed deposition,” Republican Representative Barry Loudermilk wrote in a brief to the Supreme Court to support the former White House aide.

“As such, this Court should conclude that the entire prosecutorial process against the applicant was tainted and must be dismissed as a matter of law,” he argued.

Loudermilk’s petition was filed by a lawyer with the Trump-aligned America First Legal Foundation, the legal group formed by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller.

Last week, another group of House Republicans introduced a resolution to try to rescind Bannon’s subpoena and his contempt of Congress recommendation.

Bannon has repeatedly lashed out at Johnson for failing to sufficiently defend the former president in his criminal hush money case and in