Court upholds Steve Bannon’s January 6 contempt of Congress conviction

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Hard-right strategist faces prison time after losing appeal against conviction for defying subpoena to testify on Capitol attackSteve Bannon, the controversial hard-right strategist who has been influential in the thinking of Donald Trump, has lost his appeal against his conviction for contempt of Congress relating to the investigation into the January 6 insurrection.A unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel of the District of Columbia circuit court of appeals upheld Bannon’s conviction on Friday. The decision brings him closer to a four-month sentence behind bars meted out to Bannon for having resisted the terms of Congress’s subpoena against him. Continue reading...

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