Steve Bannon’s prison sentence delayed as he appeals verdict

Steve Bannon was ordered to pay a $6,500 nice and sentenced to 4 months in jail.
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Former Trump White Home strategist Steve Bannon will probably be allowed to stay free as he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena from the Home committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. 

Bannon was sentenced to 4 months in jail and ordered to pay a $6,500 nice after being discovered responsible on two counts of contempt of Congress final month.

US District Decide Carl Nichols formally stayed Bannon’s sentence on Monday as he appeals, explaining in a court docket submitting that Bannon “will not be more likely to flee or pose a hazard to the protection of every other particular person or the neighborhood if launched.” 

Nichols additionally wrote that Bannon’s attraction “will not be taken for the aim of delay however relatively raises a considerable query of regulation that's more likely to lead to a reversal or an order for a brand new trial.”

If a better court docket upholds Bannon’s conviction on the 2 misdemeanor counts, he'll solely then be pressured to serve his sentence. 

Bannon had refused to adjust to the Jan. 6 panel’s order for him to testify and supply paperwork citing government privilege. 

Steve Bannon was ordered to pay a $6,500 nice and sentenced to 4 months in jail.

AP Picture/Jose Luis Magana

Nevertheless, Bannon made an Eleventh-hour provide to cooperate with the committee on the eve of his trial, claiming former President Donald Trump had waived government privilege to permit him to testify. 

Nichols indicated after Bannon’s sentencing that he would enable Bannon to voluntarily give up to serve his jail time period as soon as the standing of his attraction is resolved.