{"id":2095912,"date":"2023-11-09T22:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-trump-ally-steve-bannon-could-land-back-in-federal-court-after-recent-appeals-filing\/"},"modified":"2023-11-09T22:26:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-10T03:26:23","slug":"major-trump-ally-steve-bannon-could-land-back-in-federal-court-after-recent-appeals-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-trump-ally-steve-bannon-could-land-back-in-federal-court-after-recent-appeals-filing\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Trump Ally Steve Bannon Could Land Back in Federal Court After Recent Appeals Filing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmajor-trump-ally-steve-bannon-could-land-back-in-federal-court-after-recent-appeals-filing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2095912&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former President Donald Trump\u2019s Ally Steve Bannon Appeals Criminal Conviction<\/h2>\n<p>Steve Bannon, a\u2062 longtime ally of former President Donald Trump, has appealed\u2064 his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-bidens-next-move-is-to-avoid-a-trial-altogether-legal-experts\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden plans to evade trial, say legal experts.\">criminal\u2062 conviction<\/a> for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the\u200d Jan. 6 incursion\u200c at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon\u2019s attorney argued that he was not ignoring the \u200dsubpoena, but rather trying to avoid conflicting with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/major-trump-ally-steve-bannon-could-land-back-in-federal-court-after-recent-appeals-filing\/\" title=\"Major Trump Ally Steve Bannon Could Land Back in Federal Court After Recent Appeals Filing\">executive privilege objections raised<\/a> by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMr.\u2062 Bannon acted in the only way he understood from his \u2062lawyer that he \u200cwas permitted to behave,\u201d attorney David Schoen said, \u200demphasizing that Bannon was wrongly prevented from making this argument during the\u200b trial.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors, \u2064however, claimed that \u2062Bannon, who was no longer\u2064 working at the White \u200bHouse\u2062 at the time, refused to cooperate with the\u2064 committee in determining if \u200che had any\u200c relevant information.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStephen Bannon deliberately chose \u200bnot to comply in any\u2062 way with a \u2063lawful congressional subpoena,\u201d said\u200b prosecutor Elizabeth Danello.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. \u200cCourt\u2062 of Appeals for \u2064the District of Columbia\u2064 Circuit is currently \u200creviewing the \u200bcase.<\/p>\n<p>69-year-old \u200bBannon was\u200c convicted of two counts\u200d of\u2064 contempt of Congress last July \u200dand was\u200d later sentenced to \u2063four \u200cmonths in prison.\u200d However,\u200d U.S. \u2062District \u200bJudge Carl Nichols put the sentence on hold pending the outcome of the appeal, expressing his expectation that the case would be overturned.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree with Bannon\u2019s\u2064 decision to appeal\u200b the ruling?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to \u2064The Western Journal news updates\u2063 free of charge\u2063 via email.\u200b You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms \u200cof\u2063 Use<\/a>.\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A second Trump aide, trade advisor Peter \u200cNavarro, \u200cwas also convicted of \u2064contempt\u2064 of Congress in September and has also \u200dvowed to appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 House panel had\u200b sought \u2064their testimony regarding Trump\u2019s alleged attempts\u2063 to \u2064overturn the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Steve Bannon\u200d moves to overturn contempt of Congress conviction over Jan.\u200b 6 subpoena | Just \u200cThe\u2064 News <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HyhfcDsDuo\">https:\/\/t.co\/HyhfcDsDuo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John \u200bSolomon (@jsolomonReports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jsolomonReports\/status\/1722684188829057082?\">November 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2062Democrat-dominated House \u2064Jan. 6 committee released \u2064a report in January, alleging that Trump engaged\u200d in\u2062 a \u201cmulti-part \u200dconspiracy\u201d to overturn the 2020 election results \u200cand failed to \u2063intervene \u200dwhen his\u2064 supporters attacked the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Bannon is\u200b also scheduled to stand trial in May \u200don separate charges of money laundering, \u2062fraud, and conspiracy in\u2063 New York related to\u200d the \u201cWe Build the Wall\u201d campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He has pleaded not guilty \u200dto allegations that he falsely promised\u2064 donors that\u200d their\u2064 contributions would be \u200cused\u200b to build a wall\u200c along the U.S.-Mexico border, while \u200bprosecutors claim the money was actually\u200c used to enrich Bannon and others involved in the project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may\u200c have altered \u2064it prior to \u2062publication to ensure that it meets our\u2062 editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-trump-ally-steve-bannon-appeals-conviction-jan-6-committee-contempt-case\/\">Major Trump Ally Steve Bannon Could Land Back in Federal\u2064 Court After Recent Appeals Filing<\/a> appeared\u2063 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u200bWestern Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What is the basis of the appeal \u200bfiled by Steve Bannon against his criminal conviction?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  L-results-no&#8221; \u200cstyle=&#8221;width: 0%&#8221;><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-loading\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\tLoading&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-error\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\tSomething went wrong<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Steve\u200d Bannon, a longtime\u200c ally of former President \u200dDonald Trump, has filed an appeal against his criminal conviction\u200c for defying a subpoena from the House \u200ccommittee investigating\u2062 the\u2064 January 6th incident at the U.S. Capitol. \u200dBannon&#8217;s attorney argues that he was not intentionally disregarding the subpoena, but rather attempting to navigate the issue of executive privilege objections raised by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>According to attorney David Schoen, Bannon believed \u200bhe was acting \u200cwithin the boundaries permitted by his legal\u200c counsel. Schoen emphasized \u200cthat Bannon was\u2062 wrongfully denied the opportunity to present this argument during the trial. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-legal-team-makes-another-request-to-move-manhattan-criminal-case-to-federal-court\/\" title=\"Trump's lawyers seek to transfer Manhattan criminal case to federal court again.\">defense team asserts<\/a> \u200cthat Bannon&#8217;s actions were driven by a sincere\u2064 belief \u2064that executive privilege objections prohibited his compliance with the subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors, on the other hand, contend that Bannon, \u2063who was \u2063no longer employed \u2063at the \u200cWhite House\u2064 at the time, \u2063purposefully chose \u200dto defy the committee&#8217;s requests to determine if he possessed any relevant information. Elizabeth Danello, the prosecutor in the\u200c case, claims\u200b that\u2064 Bannon deliberately decided not to cooperate in any way with the lawful congressional subpoena.<\/p>\n<p>The case is \u200ccurrently under \u200creview by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Last July, the 69-year-old Bannon was found guilty of two \u200bcounts of\u200c contempt\u2062 of Congress \u2063and subsequently sentenced to\u200b four months in prison. However, U.S. \u2063District Judge Carl Nichols suspended the sentence pending the outcome of the appeal,\u200b expressing optimism that the case would be \u2064overturned.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200blight \u200cof these\u200d developments, the question arises: Do you \u200cagree with Bannon&#8217;s decision\u2064 to appeal \u200bthe ruling? This remains a topic of discussion and opinion. \u200cIt is important to note that by participating in\u2064 this poll, you will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/colorado-student-suspended-for-gadsden-flag-patch-breaks-silence-issues-challenge-to-other-kids\/\" title=\"Colorado student suspended for Gadsden flag patch speaks out, dares other kids to take a stand.\">receive free news\u2063 updates<\/a> from The Western Journal via email. You may opt-out at any time. Additionally, you\u2063 are bound by our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use, which can be\u200d reviewed on our website.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you agree\u2063 with Bannon\u2019s decision to appeal\u200b the ruling?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yes<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>No<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\t\tCompleting this poll entitles you to \u2064The Western Journal news updates\u2063 free of charge\u2063 via email.\u200b You may opt out at anytime. You\u2062 also agree \u2064to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms \u200cof\u2063 Use<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes:\u200b 0%\u200d (0\u2064 Votes)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 0%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 0% (0 Votes)<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-loading\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\tLoading&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-error\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\tSomething went wrong<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump&#8217;s ally, Steve Bannon, has appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol incursion. 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