Steve Bannon contempt of Congress conviction can stand: Appeals court

A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the criminal contempt of Congress conviction for Steve Bannon, a podcast host and former Trump White House aide who refused to testify and give documents to the now-defunct House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The 20-page decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit means it is more likely that Bannon may soon face a sentence of four months in jail for his conviction.

Bannon was initially sentenced in 2022, but the judge overseeing his case agreed to postpone the jail term while Bannon appealed the decision.

The former Trump administration aide can still ask the full slate of judges on the D.C. Circuit to hear his appeal again. If the conviction is still upheld, he could ask the Supreme Court to reconsider the matter as well.