Tag Archives: Steve Bannon

Former Trump aide Steve Bannon was sentenced Friday to four months in federal prison and ordered to pay a $6,500 fine for contempt of Congress charges stemming from his defiance of a subpoena issued by the House January 6 committee. The sentence amounts to less than the six-month prison term …

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) on Monday, in a new court filing, asked a federal judge to sentence Steve Bannon, the former aide of Donald Trump, to six months in prison in addition to a fine of $200,000 for being convicted on two counts of contempt of Congress. The …

Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams A federal jury on Friday found Steve Bannon—who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist—guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the U.S. House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. “The subpoena …

Former President Donald Trump‘s advisers Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino were held in contempt of Congress on Wednesday, for failing to comply with the House committee probing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Navarro, a top trade adviser to the Republican former president, and Scavino, who was deputy chief of staff, …

Former Trump aid Steve Bannon was indicted on Friday by a federal grand jury on two counts of contempt of Congress stemming from his failure to comply with a subpoena issued by the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol. Bannon is charged with one …

The US House of Representatives voted largely along party lines Thursday to hold Steve Bannon, a close ally of former US President Donald Trump, in criminal contempt of Congress. In debate ahead of the vote, select committee Chair Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. said that allowing Bannon to ignore their subpoena would …

The House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol voted unanimously Tuesday night to hold former Trump advisor Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for defying a subpoena to appear and produce records. The criminal contempt vote stems from Bannon’s decision to defy the committee’s subpoena seeking …

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of then-President Donald Trump’s followers will hold former White House strategist Steve Bannon in criminal contempt for brushing off a subpoena. Bannon, who was pardoned by Trump last year on charges of conspiracy to …

The Biden administration on Friday blocked a request by former President Donald Trump to withhold some documents from Congress related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, setting up a legal showdown between the current and former presidents over executive privilege. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki confirmed …

According to The Washington Post, former President Donald Trump has told four former senior aides not to comply with a congressional probe into the January 6 insurrection. The Post reviewed a letter by an attorney for Trump instructing Mark Meadows, Kash Patel, Dan Scavino, and Steve Bannon to essentially ignore …

The House Select Committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol has issued its first subpoenas, demanding records and testimony from four of former President Donald Trump’s close advisers and associates, including those who were in contact with him before the attack or on the day of it. …

President Donald Trump issued a wave of 11th-hour pardons and commutations late Tuesday night. In his last full day in office,  President Trump issued pardons or communications to over 140 individuals. The lengthy list included his one-time political strategist, a pair of well-known rappers, a former top fundraiser, and a …