The Daily Populous Friday June 7th, 2024 morning edition
Authored by abcnews.go.com and submitted by AudibleNod

Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress.

Judge orders ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1

A federal judge has ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to surrender to prison by July 1, revoking his bail.

The Department of Justice had requested that Bannon begin his four-month prison term in connection with his contempt of Congress conviction.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols heard arguments Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Following the judge's ruling, Bannon spoke to cameras outside of the courthouse, reiterating his intent to appeal his conviction and attacking top officials at the Justice Department.

"All of this is about one thing. Shutting down the MAGA movement. Shutting down grassroots conservatives, shutting down President Trump," Bannon said.

"There's not a prison built or jail built that will ever shut me up," Bannon said.

Bannon was sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress in October 2022 after he was found guilty of defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, but Judge Nichols agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the conviction.

After the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Bannon's conviction last month, federal prosecutors requested that the judge order Bannon to begin his four-month sentence.

Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Md., Feb. 24, 2024. Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE

Prosecutors have said there is no legal basis for Judge Nichols to continue the stay on Bannon serving his sentence after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals' conclusive ruling that rejected the basis for Bannon's appeal on all grounds.

"Consequently, there is no longer a 'substantial question of law that is likely to result in a reversal or an order for a new trial,'" prosecutors wrote in a filing last month.

Dahnlen on June 6th, 2024 at 17:11 UTC »

His conviction was upheld, why does he get a month? Put him in prison now.

AudibleNod on June 6th, 2024 at 17:09 UTC »

> U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols

:: Appointed by Donald Trump :: Member of the Federalist Society ::

So this isn't a Deep State™ conspiracy. Rather just sober administration of justice.

SheriffComey on June 6th, 2024 at 16:56 UTC »

It's gonna be a good month for the local liquor stores.