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Department of Justice Asks Judge to Send Steve Bannon to Prison

Judge Nichols gave Bannon's legal team until Thursday to respond to the motion.


Department of Justice Asks Judge to Send Steve Bannon to Prison

Federal prosecutors from the Department of Justice filed a motion on Tuesday asking U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols to order Steve Bannon to report to prison.


In July 2022, Bannon was convicted of two counts of contempt for not complying with a subpoena from the Jan. 6 select committee.

The sentence was stayed pending the outcome of an appeal, which Bannon lost last week.


“Consequently, there is no longer a ‘substantial question of law that is likely to result in a reversal or an order for a new trial,’” the motion read, adding that Bannon has lost his appeal. “Under these circumstances, the Court ‘shall order’ defendant ‘be detained,’ so the stay of sentence must be lifted.”

Judge Nichols gave Bannon's legal team until Thursday to respond to the motion.


"I'm shocked they want to silence the voice of MAGA," Bannon told ABC News in response to the motion.


Bannon was the first political figure to be found guilty of contempt of Congress since Attorney General Richard Kleindienst and Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy in 1974.

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