LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s longtime ally Steve Bannon on Thursday appealed his criminal conviction for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Bannon’s attorney argued he didn’t ignore the subpoena, but was trying to avoid running afoul of executive privilege objections Trump had raised. “Stephen Bannon deliberately chose not so comply in any way with lawful congressional subpoena,” said prosecutor Elizabeth Danello. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit took the case under consideration. Bannon, 69, was convicted last July of two counts of contempt of Congress and later sentenced that August to four months in prison.

Source: Huffington Post November 10, 2023 13:28 UTC