Steve Bannon

[MN-Skeptic]

Molly Crane-Newman
@molcranenewman

Manhattan Judge April Newbauer just ruled that Steve Bannon will go on trial on Dec 9 for the “We Build the Wall” fraud scheme -- around a month after he completes his current federal prison sentence.

Bannon faces a max of up to 15 years if convicted of the scam that saw Trump supporters robbed of their donations toward a border wall. Trump pardoned him of related federal charges just before leaving office, but he can’t do so again if he wins the election, as it’s a state case

The three other men the feds charged alongside Bannon in 2020 have all been convicted -- two pleaded guilty, and a jury convicted the third at a retrial after his first ended in chaos with a juror alleging a government "witch hunt"

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[Volkonski]

Steve Bannon asks federal judge to release him from prison early

https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/29/politics ... index.html

Now, Bannon is asking the federal judge who oversaw his trial to release him early, pointing to his pending request for the full DC Circuit to review his challenge to the conviction. His attorneys are arguing that if the full appeals court agrees to take a look at the case or declines to do so over the dissent of at least one judge it “would … necessarily be an intervening and changed circumstance since this Court’s last decision on bail.”

“Mr. Bannon’s case presents compelling circumstances because of the subsequent developments discussed above – namely the realistic prospect that the D.C. Circuit will grant en banc or issue dissents from denial on the core issue in this case, either of which would demonstrate this case raises substantial issues and that Mr. Bannon should not have to serve his entire sentence before the en banc D.C. Circuit or Supreme Court can hear his case,” Bannon’s attorneys wrote.

They said that if Judge Carl Nichols does not agree to release him early, he should instead “reduce his sentence … and impose a period of supervised release.”

Previous efforts by Bannon to remain free have been rejected, including by Nichols and the Supreme Court.

Bannon is one of two former members of Trump’s inner circle who faced prosecution for not participating in the House January 6 probe. The second, former Trump White House aide Peter Navarro, has already served a four-month prison sentence for his conviction.

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Poor Stevie doesn't like prison. Oh, well.