Criminal Law
Steve Bannon Receives a 4 Month Sentence for Contempt of Congress
Former top Trump White House advisor Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in jail for defying a subpoena from the congressional probe of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
A U.S. District judge also fined Bannon $6,500. But he ruled that Bannon will not have to serve the sentence until an expected appeal plays out.
Both the jail term and fine came in below the punishments recommended by federal prosecutors.
