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Politics
Igor Derysh

Bannon faces up to 2 years in jail

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon speaks to the media as his lawyer Matthew Evan Corcoran looks on after his trial for contempt of Congress began at the U.S. District Courthouse on July 19, 2022 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images

Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon was found guilty of contempt of Congress after refusing to cooperate with the Jan. 6 committee's investigation.

A jury took less than three hours to find Bannon guilty on one count of contempt of Congress for refusing to produce documents and one count of contempt of Congress for refusing to appear for a deposition.

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