The decision means the right-wing media firebrand will likely be behind bars for a critical stretch of the US presidential campaign.
Steve Bannon, a former top adviser to Donald Trump, must report to prison by July 1 to serve a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress, a federal judge said on Thursday.
Bannon told reporters outside the courthouse he would ask the US Supreme Court to intervene, casting his prosecution as politically motivated. Bannon was convicted in 2022 of two misdemeanour counts of contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over documents or testify to the Democratic-led House of Representatives committee.
Bannon’s lawyers urged Nichols to keep Bannon free, arguing he can still appeal to the full DC Circuit court or the US Supreme Court. Bannon has argued that he was advised by his lawyer that he did not have to comply with the subpoena and therefore did not intend to commit a crime.But Nichols said after the appeals court’s ruling, there was no longer justification to keep Bannon free.
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