Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon found guilty for refusing to testify to Jan. 6 panel

Former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon has been convicted for refusing to testify and provide documents to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

A federal court jury in Washington deliberated for less than three hours before finding Bannon guilty Friday afternoon on two counts of contempt of Congress, which the Justice Department brought last year after he defied a subpoena from the House panel. The committee sought his testimony related to his contacts with Donald Trump amid Trump’s effort to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

Bannon and his attorneys did not rise as the jury foreperson read the the two verdicts, nor were they asked to by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Nichols, who presided over the trial.

Nichols set sentencing for Oct. 21. Bannon, 68, who was free pending trial and remains so as he awaits sentencing, faces up to a total of two years in prison on the two misdemeanor charges.