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Robert Tait in Washington

Trump ally Steve Bannon told to begin four-month contempt sentence by 1 July

grey-haired man in black coat sits in court room
Steve Bannon was convicted of two counts of contempt of Congress in 2022 but has been fighting moves to incarcerate him. Photograph: Curtis Means/AP

Steve Bannon, the rightwing podcaster and vociferous Donald Trump cheerleader, has been ordered to surrender to authorities by 1 July to begin a four-month prison sentence for contempt of Congress.

The order was issued by US district judge Carl Nichols – who was appointed to the bench by Trump – after he accepted prosecutors’ argument that Bannon should serve his sentence following the rejection of his appeal last month by a three-judge panel.

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