Steve Bannon: Supreme Court rejects former Trump advisor’s bid to avoid prison time and report to jail by July 1

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a request by former President Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon to remain in jail pending his appeal.

The Supreme Court issued a ruling in one sentence and without explanation

A federal judge previously ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to surrender to prison by July 1, revoking his bond.

The Justice Department asked Bannon to begin a four-month prison sentence on his contempt of court conviction.

Bannon was sentenced to four months for contempt of Congress in October 2022 after being found guilty of defying a subpoena from a House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the Capitol, but Judge Nichols agreed to delay the prison sentence while Bannon appealed the conviction.

After the District of Columbia Court of Appeals upheld Bannon’s conviction last month, federal prosecutors asked a judge to order Bannon to begin serving a four-month prison sentence.