Supreme Court Rejects Bannon Bid to Avoid Monday Prison Deadline
Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon has until Monday to report to prison after the Supreme Court rejected his 11th hour bid to remain free while he pursues an appeal of his conviction for two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee.
US District Judge Carl Nichols had previously put Bannon’s sentence on hold as he pursued his appeal, saying that Bannon had presented a “substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal” of the conviction.
That, however, was rejected by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in May – leaving him only the Supreme Court to help him avoid time behind bars.
Bannon has argued that he was acting on the advice of counsel when he refused to comply with the subpoenas.
He must report to prison on July 1.
As the Epoch Times notes further, Bannon through his lawyers asked the Supreme Court to intervene. In the application, lawyers said it would be unfair for Mr. Bannon to start serving his sentence before the full appeals court and justices consider overturning the recent appeal rejection.
“If Mr. Bannon is denied release, he will be forced to serve his prison sentence before this court has a chance to consider a petition for a writ of certiorari, given the court’s upcoming summer recess,” the lawyers wrote.
Department of Justice attorneys, on the other hand, urged the Supreme Court to reject the application. They said Mr. Bannon “cannot make the demanding showing necessary to override the normal requirement that a convicted defendant begin serving his sentence.”
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.), chairman of the House Administration Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight, told the court in a brief that the panel that subpoenaed Mr. Bannon produced flawed subpoenas because it failed to comply with House regulations, as it did not have a ranking member appointed by the Republican minority.
“Notwithstanding the applicant’s indictment and sentencing, the select committee’s enforcement of the subpoena and the prosecution of Mr. Bannon for failing to participate in a deposition was factually and procedurally invalid,” Mr. Loudermilk wrote. “As such, this court should conclude that the entire prosecutorial process against the applicant was tainted and must be dismissed as a matter of law.”
Peter Navarro, another former adviser to President Trump, is already serving a sentence after being convicted of contempt of Congress after also declining to cooperate with subpoenas from the same committee.
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The announcement was made on Twitter.
“Albeit Iran deems as psychological warfare the Zionist regime’s propaganda about intending to attack Lebanon, should it embark on full-scale military aggression, an obliterating war will ensue. All options, incl. the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,” the post reads.
By “all Resistance Fronts,” Iran means not just Hezbollah and Hamas, but also the Houthi rebels in Yemen as well as other groups in Syria and Iraq.
The warning comes as tensions between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon are rising. Israel attacked a number of Hezbollah positions on Friday in response to an attack against northern Israel.
A US official told Politico on Thursday that the risk of war between Israel and Lebanon is higher than it has been for weeks. The official said that a major attack by either side could provoke a war, with “little notice.”
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah recently said that “no place” in Israel would avoid attacks if war were to break out, and that the group would fight with “no rules” and “no ceilings.” He also threatened Cyprus, which has allowed Israel to use its territory for military exercises, and appeared to suggest Hezbollah would also target Israel’s offshore oilrigs.
Nasrallah made clear that his group would continue to support Hamas against Israel.
“We will continue to support Gaza and we are ready for anything. We are not afraid,” said Nasrallah.
“Our demand is clear: A complete and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.”
In April, Iran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack directly on Israel, two weeks after Israel killed several senior officers of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in Damascus, Syria.
There were no deaths and just a single injury as a result of the Iranian attack.
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