Trump best friend Steve Bannon faces sentencing for contempt

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Steve Bannon, an established best friend of former

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President Donald Trump, is scheduled to be sentenced Friday after being convicted of

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defying a subpoena from the House panel investigating the Jan. 6 rebellion on the U.S. Capitol.

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He arrived on the federal courthouse in Washington on Friday morning

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for the sentencing hearing. Bannon changed into convicted in July of counts of contempt of Congress:

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one for refusing to take a seat down for a deposition and the alternative for refusing to offer files.

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Prosecutors have requested the decide in his case to impose a hefty sentence of six months in jail,

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even as Bannon’s attorneys have argued their purchaser merits a sentence of probation.

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The statutes for contempt of Congress every deliver a minimal

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sentence of 30 days in the back of bars, however Bannon’s attorneys argue the decide

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ought to simply sentence him to probation and now no longer ship him to jail.

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The House committee had sought Bannon’s testimony over his involvement in

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Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

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Bannon has but to testify or offer any files to the committee, prosecutors wrote.

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