U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols is set to hear arguments today in Washington, D.C. pertaining to the Department of Justice's request for former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to begin his four-month prison term for his contempt of Congress conviction.
Update: In an obvious ploy to silence him before the election, Bannon has been ordered by a federal judge to report to prison by July 1 to serve his four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
This decision means that Bannon, a prominent right-wing media figure who still holds influence in Trump's circle, will likely be incarcerated during a crucial period of the U.S. presidential campaign.
In October 2022, Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena from the now defunct committee “investigating” the January 6 Capitol attack. Judge Nichols had postponed Bannon's sentence while he appealed the conviction.
However, after the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Bannon's conviction last month, federal prosecutors requested that Judge Nichols enforce the four-month sentence. Prosecutors argue that there is no legal justification to further delay Bannon’s imprisonment following the appeals court's definitive ruling against Bannon’s appeal on all grounds.
Bannon is expected to attend the hearing.
