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Steve Bannon’s bid to undo Jan. 6 contempt conviction fails

Appeals court rules that the former Trump adviser was rightfully convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify in front of the committee that investigated the Jan. 6 Capitol attack.

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Updated May 10, 2024 at 5:27 p.m. EDT|Published May 10, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. EDT
Stephen K. Bannon speaks at a rally in Chandler, Ariz., on Nov. 1, 2022. (Caitlin O’Hara for The Washington Post)
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Former Trump adviser Stephen K. Bannon was rightfully convicted of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify in front of the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, an appellate court ruled Friday.

The three-judge panel did not immediately order Bannon to begin serving his four-month prison sentence. Instead, he can appeal to the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Bannon’s attorney David Schoen said he plans to do so.