Bannon files emergency appeal with Supreme Court to stay out of prison

Ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon filed an emergency appeal Friday with the Supreme Court — a last-ditch bid to stay out of prison while appealing his conviction for evading the House committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. 

“An even-handed approach thus strongly favors allowing Mr. Bannon to remain on release,” Bannon attorney Trent McCotter wrote in the 47-page appeal to the high court. 

“There is also no denying the fact that the government seeks to imprison Mr. Bannon for the four-month period immediately preceding the November presidential election,” McCotter added. “There is no reason for that outcome in a case that presents substantial legal issues.”