Steve Bannon to be sentenced for contempt of Congress
CBSN
Washington — Steve Bannon, former President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist and campaign CEO, faces sentencing on Friday after a jury convicted him on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Bannon was found guilty in July and has filed notice that he intends to appeal his conviction.
Prosecutors asked Judge Carl Nichols to send Bannon to prison for six months, at the higher end of the sentencing guidelines for this case, and impose a $200,000 fine for what they argued was "his sustained, bad-faith contempt of Congress." Bannon's team asked for a probationary sentence and a delay in any possible prison time pending his appeal.
