Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon launched a last-minute bid Friday at the Supreme Court to stay out of prison as he appeals his convictions on two contempt of Congress charges.
Bannon’s emergency application to the high court seeks to keep him from reporting to prison by July 1 on a four-month prison sentence, and he filed it after two other courts denied his arguments to overturn his conviction.
Last week, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel found that Bannon’s arguments did not meet the extraordinary legal standard for him to remain free while fighting his conviction.
