Steve Bannon didn’t get the answer he was hoping for. On Friday, the United States Supreme Court said he must report to prison and begin serving his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress beginning Monday, despite an 11th-hour request by the former Trump administration advisor to allow him to remain free while his case is on appeal.
via CNBC:
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a last-ditch effort by former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon to avoid reporting to jail next week while he appeals his conviction for defying a subpoena from a House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
Bannon, 70, is due to begin serving a four-month jail sentence for contempt of Congress on Monday.
The Supreme Court in its unsigned, one-sentence order Friday said Bannon’s “application for release pending appeal presented to The Chief Justice [John Roberts] and by him…
