Steve Bannon vows to appeal jail sentence and says order about ‘shutting down the Maga movement’ – as it happened

Former Trump White House senior adviser Steve Bannon in 2022. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

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Closing summary

Almost two years after he was first found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the January 6 committee, a federal judge today ordered Steve Bannon, an influential figure in Donald Trump’s Maga movement, to begin serving his four-month sentence by 1 July. In a defiant speech outside the courthouse, he accused the justice department of using his case to retaliate against Trump, and predicted a big win for Republicans in the November presidential election. Speaking of Trump, the former president gave an interview to Fox News last night, where he argued he “would have every right to go after” political adversaries like Joe Biden, if he is returned to the White House. In response, the Biden campaign said Trump was “visibly rattled” by his conviction last week on felony business fraud charges.

Here’s what else happened today:

• The supreme court released a new batch of opinions, which did not include much-awaited decisions on Trump’s petition for immunity from federal prosecution over his 2020 election meddling, and two cases dealing with abortion access.

• The American Civil Liberties Union is suing Milwaukee over restrictions on protesters ahead of the Republican National Convention.

• Trump called for the supreme court to overturn his conviction on felony charges connected to falsifying documents related to hush-money payments made ahead of the 2016 election.

• Hunter Biden’s federal gun charges trial continues in Delaware, with testimony from the widow of his late brother, Beau Biden.

• The NAACP civil rights group asked Biden to halt all shipments of weapons to Israel.

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Joe Biden does not do too many sitdown interviews with reporters, but took questions from ABC News during his visit to France for the D-day anniversary.

He was asked about his recent decision to allow Ukraine to use US-supplied weaponry to strike inside Russia. Here’s what he had to say:

“[Putin's] concerned me for 40 years. He's not a decent man.”

— President Biden, in an ABC News exclusive, when asked whether he's concerned about Putin vowing retaliation for NATO allies allowing Ukraine to use their arms inside Russia pic.twitter.com/ipfOFMNVjT

— The Recount (@therecount) June 6, 2024

Here’s more on the president’s decision, which comes as Russia steps up attacks aimed at the city of Kharkiv:

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