Before Friday’s ruling, Bannon was free, but the decision by a three-judge panel of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals significantly increased the likelihood that he would soon have to go to prison and begin serving a four-month sentence, CNBC noted.
She added that Bannon still has a bit of hope – he can ask to have his appeal heard by a wider set of judges in the circuit, and he can also ask the US Supreme Court to appeal the current ruling itself. Although six of the nine members of the US Supreme Court are now conservatives, with three appointed by Trump, such requests usually do not have much chance of success, the TV station noted.
Trump’s former adviser Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison
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In July 2022, a Washington grand jury found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress – for failing to produce documents and testifying.
For each of these points, there was a threat of imprisonment for a minimum of one month and a maximum of one year and a fine of up to 100,000 dollars (about 2.32 million crowns), writes the Reuters agency.
Bannon was previously arrested and charged with stealing a million dollars (23.15 million crowns) from a fundraiser to build a wall on the US-Mexico border. In a case where he denied guilt from the beginning, Trump finally pardoned him shortly before leaving the presidency.
The founder of the fundraiser for Trump’s wall between the US and Mexico has pleaded guilty to embezzlement
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