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July 1, 2024

Steve Bannon to Report to Prison After Contempt of Congress Conviction
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President Trump's former top political adviser is reporting to a federal
prison today after he was found guilty of contempt of Congress for
defying subpoenas related to the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection.
Steve Bannon is set to begin a four-month sentence after the Supreme
Court declined Bannon's request that it intervene. Just last week, top
congressional Republicans led by House Speaker Mike Johnson filed an
amicus brief on Bannon's behalf asking the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals
to keep Bannon out of jail. Bannon still faces criminal charges in New
York for allegedly defrauding donors to an anti-immigrant nonprofit
called We Build the Wall out of more than $15 million and for laundering
the proceeds. 


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