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Trump’s mail voting crackdown blocked over fears legitimate ballots could be tossed

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The Independent UK · Sep 14

Voting rights advocates welcome supreme court decision to stop Trump administration from restricting mail ballots – as it happened

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The Guardian - US · Sep 14

Trump’s own judge deals blow to his mail voting crackdown

A federal judge late Sunday ordered that the U.S. Postal Service not implement President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting mail balloting

The Independent UK · Sep 14

Bannon’s lawyers urge judge to sanction his prosecutors

Lawyers for Steve Bannon urged a federal judge to sanction the Justice Department lawyers who prosecuted the former presidential adviser, arguing that the government’s invasive search of the private communications of one of Bannon’s lawyers amounted to misconduct.

Tribune News Service · Jan 5, 2023

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was ordered to spend four months in jail and pay a $6,500 fine for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022

Steve Bannon sentenced to 4 months for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was ordered to spend four months in prison and pay a $6,500 fine for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Oct 21, 2022

Bannon found guilty of contempt for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, a longtime adviser to former President Donald Trump, was found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Bannon found guilty of contempt for defying Jan. 6 subpoena

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon was found guilty by a Washington, D.C., jury of defying a subpoena from the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Jul 22, 2022

Bannon was ‘thumbing his nose’ at Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon never ignored a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee as its return date was the subject of ongoing negotiation, and politics was behind the panel’s referral for criminal contempt charges, his defense attorney said.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022

Bannon was ‘thumbing his nose’ at Jan. 6 subpoena, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon “refused to follow the rules” in defying a subpoena from the House Jan. 6 committee, a prosecutor said during opening statements in his contempt of Congress trial. But the defense alleged the referral for charges was political.

Tribune News Service · Jul 19, 2022