The high court rejected Bannon’s emergency plea to stay his prison sentence while he continues to appeal his contempt conviction.
Steve Bannon’s latest effort to delay his contempt convention sentencing was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday.
The long-time ally of former President Donald Trump was ordered to self-surrender to prison on July 1 to serve a four-month sentence after he was found guilty in July 2022 on two counts of contempt for defying a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigation the January 6, 2021, Capitol attacks.
Bannon’s sentencing was delayed pending the ruling of a federal appeals court, although the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia upheld his conviction in May, and the judge overseeing the case ruled that Bannon must begin serving his sentence next month.
His last chance of appealing the looming prison date was to file an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court, which requested that his sentencing be stayed while he files additional appeals.
