Posted on May 10, 2024
Why does key former Trump adviser Steve Bannon now face jail time?
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Steve Bannon was the driving force behind the right-wing Breitbart News website, and later became a key Donald Trump adviser before launching a podcast devoted to obliterating Democrats and Republicans who fail to fall in with the Maga - Make America Great Again - agenda.
He was one of Mr Trump's closest confidants during the 2016 presidential campaign and in the White House the following year,
His influence was so great that a Time magazine headline asked: "Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?"
But although he lasted just months in his Trump administration job and has been beset by legal problems, he remains a very influential figure on the hard right of the Republican party.
His refusal to testify in front of a Congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot resulted in a conviction on two charges of contempt of Congress in 2022.
Steve Bannon was the driving force behind the right-wing Breitbart News website, and later became a key Donald Trump adviser before launching a podcast devoted to obliterating Democrats and Republicans who fail to fall in with the Maga - Make America Great Again - agenda.
He was one of Mr Trump's closest confidants during the 2016 presidential campaign and in the White House the following year,
His influence was so great that a Time magazine headline asked: "Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World?"
But although he lasted just months in his Trump administration job and has been beset by legal problems, he remains a very influential figure on the hard right of the Republican party.
His refusal to testify in front of a Congressional committee investigating the Capitol riot resulted in a conviction on two charges of contempt of Congress in 2022.
Why does key former Trump adviser Steve Bannon now face jail time?
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel contempt for not showing up at the Jan. 6th, 2021 Committee Hearing... like many in Congress failed to do as well. Why haven't they been
charged & jailed...
charged & jailed...
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Steve Bannon is going to jail, appeals court rules
On Friday, a federal appeals court panel upheld right-wing podcaster and Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s conviction for contempt of Congress. Bannon was convicted in October 2022 on two ...
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