Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon filed an emergency request Tuesday seeking to have the start of his prison sentence on July 1 dropped so he can appeal his contempt of Congress conviction from 2022, just days after he was ordered to report to jail next month over defying his subpoena to give testimony to the House Jan. 6 committee.
Bannon was sentenced to prison in 2022. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Bannon filed the request with a federal appeals court in Washington D.C., with his counsel saying he “intends to vigorously pursue his remaining appeals” in the contempt of Congress case.
Bannon is seeking a ruling on his request by June 18, less than two weeks before he is scheduled to start a four-month prison sentence.
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