Supreme Court rejects Trump ally Steve Bannon’s bid to delay prison sentence

The Supreme Court has rejected a bid to hold a situation condemnation for Trump state Steve Bannon, who’s appealing his condemnation for defying a subpoena from the the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court connected Friday rejected a bid to hold a situation condemnation for longtime Trump state Steve Bannon arsenic helium appeals his condemnation for defying a subpoena successful the legislature probe into the U.S. Capitol insurrection.

Bannon filed an exigency entreaty aft a justice ordered him to study to situation July 1 for a four-month condemnation for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The tribunal antecedently denied a akin petition from different Trump aide.

The entreaty was primitively directed to Chief Justice John Roberts, who oversees specified requests from Washington. He referred it to the afloat court.

The tribunal rejected it without explanation, arsenic is typical. There were nary noted dissents.

Defense attorneys person argued the lawsuit raises issues that should beryllium examined by the Supreme Court, including Bannon's erstwhile lawyer's content that the subpoena was invalid due to the fact that erstwhile President Donald Trump had asserted enforcement privilege. Prosecutors, though, accidental Bannon had near the White House years earlier and Trump had ne'er invoked enforcement privilege successful beforehand of the committee.

A assemblage found Bannon guilty astir 2 years agone of 2 counts of contempt of Congress: 1 for refusing to beryllium for a deposition with the Jan. 6 House Committee and a 2nd for refusing to supply documents related to his engagement successful the Republican ex-president's efforts to overturn his 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment to Democrat Joe Biden.

U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols allowed Bannon to enactment escaped portion helium appealed but precocious ordered him to study to situation aft an appeals tribunal sheet upheld his contempt of Congress convictions. The sheet aboriginal rejected Bannon’s bid to debar reporting to prison.

Bannon is expected to entreaty his condemnation to the afloat appeals court, and Republican House leaders person enactment their enactment down stepping successful to asseverate the Jan. 6 committee was improperly created, efficaciously trying to deem the subpoena Bannon received arsenic illegitimate.

Another Trump aide, commercialized advisor Peter Navarro, has besides been convicted of contempt of Congress. He reported to prison successful March to service his four-month condemnation aft the Supreme Court refused his bid to hold the sentence.

Bannon is besides facing transgression charges successful New York authorities tribunal alleging helium duped donors who gave wealth to physique a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Bannon has pleaded not blameworthy to wealth laundering, conspiracy, fraud and different charges, and that proceedings has been postponed until astatine slightest the extremity of September.

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Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri contributed to this story.

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