He faces up to two years in federal prison when he’s sentenced on October 21. 9News
, was convicted on Friday of contempt charges for defying a congressional subpoena from the House committee investigating the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.
"Mr Bannon had an obligation to appear before the House Select Committee to give testimony and provide documents. His refusal to do so was deliberate, and now a jury has found that he must pay the consequences.” Bannon’s lawyers tried to argue during the trial that he didn’t refuse to cooperate and that the dates “were in flux.”
Bannon was indicted in November on two counts of criminal contempt of Congress, a month after the Justice Department received the House panel’s referral. Amerling admitted on the stand that she is a lifelong Democrat and has been friends with one of the prosecutors for years. Corcoran also vaguely hinted that the signature of January 6 committee chairman Representative Bennie Thompson looked different on the subpoena than on other letters but dropped that topic when the prosecution objected.