A federal appeals court has upheld the criminal contempt of Congress conviction of Steve Bannon, a former senior aide in the Trump White House.
Bannon was charged with refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The appeals court rejected Bannon’s argument that he was innocent because his attorney had advised him not to comply with the House committee’s subpoena. The ruling, delivered by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, increases the likelihood that Bannon will soon have to serve a four-month jail sentence for his two counts of contempt.
Bannon may request a rehearing of his appeal by the full judicial lineup of the D.C. Circuit, which could temporarily postpone his jail term. Alternatively, he could seek permission from the U.S. Supreme Court...
Bannon was charged with refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The appeals court rejected Bannon’s argument that he was innocent because his attorney had advised him not to comply with the House committee’s subpoena. The ruling, delivered by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, increases the likelihood that Bannon will soon have to serve a four-month jail sentence for his two counts of contempt.
Bannon may request a rehearing of his appeal by the full judicial lineup of the D.C. Circuit, which could temporarily postpone his jail term. Alternatively, he could seek permission from the U.S. Supreme Court...
- 5/10/2024
- by Baila Eve Zisman
- Uinterview
The Justice Department is seeking a sentence of six months in prison for Peter Navarro, a former White House advisor during former President Donald Trump’s term in office, after being convicted of criminal contempt of Congress for ignoring a subpoena from the January 6 congressional committee.
Prosecutors are also seeking a $200,00 fine. Navarro has previously complained that the legal costs of the case have bankrupted him.
Navarro is scheduled to be sentenced on January 25. He was found guilty in September on two counts of contempt of Congress.
In a 20-page sentencing memo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi said prosecutors sought to punish Navarro for his bad-faith strategy.
“The defendant, like the rioters at the Capitol, put politics, not country, first, and stonewalled Congress’s investigation,” Aloi said in the sentencing memo. “The defendant chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law.”
Navarro is one of...
Prosecutors are also seeking a $200,00 fine. Navarro has previously complained that the legal costs of the case have bankrupted him.
Navarro is scheduled to be sentenced on January 25. He was found guilty in September on two counts of contempt of Congress.
In a 20-page sentencing memo, Assistant U.S. Attorney Elizabeth Aloi said prosecutors sought to punish Navarro for his bad-faith strategy.
“The defendant, like the rioters at the Capitol, put politics, not country, first, and stonewalled Congress’s investigation,” Aloi said in the sentencing memo. “The defendant chose allegiance to former President Donald Trump over the rule of law.”
Navarro is one of...
- 1/19/2024
- by Zach Ament
- Uinterview
During a Tucker Carlson Tonight interview this week, when not talking about the urge to impregnate women, Elon Musk warned the Fox News host that the artificial intelligence tools developed by OpenAI may be “untruthful” if they’re trained to be “politically correct.” He also mused about creating an alternative to their ChatGPT bot, referring to this hypothetical product as “TruthGPT.” (Musk sat on the board of OpenAI when it was a nonprofit research organization but resigned in 2018 — now it’s a for-profit company with heavy investment from Microsoft.)
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- 4/19/2023
- by Miles Klee
- Rollingstone.com
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