A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal contempt of Congress conviction of Trump White House senior advisor Steve Bannon.
Bannon was convicted in connection with refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, arrives to federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, March 16, 2022.conviction of former Trump White House senior aide Steve Bannon for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee that investigated the
The ruling by a three-judge panel on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit makes it more likely that Bannon will soon have to begin serving aBut Bannon could ask the full judicial line-up of the D.C. Circuit to hear his appeal again. He also could ask the U.S. Supreme Court to take an appeal of Friday's ruling.