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Court declines to delay Bannon’s prison sentence
The Supreme Court on Friday afternoon declined a request from Stephen Bannon, who served as an aide to former President Donald Trump, to delay the start of his four-month prison sentence while he asks the Supreme Court to review his case.
Bannon is scheduled to report to prison on Monday, July 1.
After failing to respond to a congressional subpoena, Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in November 2021. The House Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol – whose authority to issue subpoenas Bannon challenges – ordered Bannon to turn over information about his communications with former President Donald Trump and others in the Trump White House and campaign.
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