Steve Bannon appears in court in New York, Jan. 12, 2023. A federal appeals court panel on Thursday, June 20, 2024, rejected longtime Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to stay out of prison while he fights his conviction for …
“There is no dispute that Mr. Bannon ‘is not likely to flee or pose a danger to the safety of any other person or the community if released’ — indeed, he has been out on release for years now without incident, and his ‘crime’ was nonviolent,” the petition read. Earlier this month, Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ordered Mr. Bannon to surrender to prison to serve a four-month sentence for defying the subpoena after an appeals court upheld his conviction.
Mr. Bannon was convicted in 2022 for declining to appear for a deposition with the House Jan. 6 committee probing the U.S. Capitol attack in 2021 and refusing to provide documents related to challenging the 2020 election results.A federal appeals court didn’t grant him relief, prompting the petition Friday to the high court.
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