Former White House official and Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon’s effort to toss his contempt of Congress convictions faced a skeptical federal appeals court panel Thursday, as judges questioned Bannon’s claim that executive privilege should have protected him from prosecution.
Last year, a federal jury found Bannon guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.
Bannon did not provide any documents and did not sit for a deposition and was sentenced to four months in prison, which has been paused during the appeal.
