Capitol assault: Steve Bannon, ex-adviser to Trump, sentenced to four months in prison

Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump convicted in July of contempt of Congress and obstructing the parliamentary inquiry into the January 6 Capitol assault, was sentenced on Friday to four months in prison. Steve Bannon, who was an influential adviser to Donald Trump at the White House, was sentenced on Friday, October 21, to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with the parliamentary investigation into the assault on the Capitol. This 68-year-old man years, a figure of right-wing populism in the United States, immediately announced his intention to appeal, which suspends the application of the sentence. He was therefore able to emerge free from the court. In front of the cameras, he assured “to respect the decision of the judge” but immediately slipped on the political ground.” November 8 will be the day of judgment of the illegitimate regime of (Joe) Biden (…) and the we know how it will end,” he said, referring to the midterm elections, in which the Democrats could lose control of Congress. Quoting several members of the January 6 commission of inquiry, responsible for shed light on Donald Trump’s role in the coup against his supporters, Steve Bannon predicted that they “would be beaten”. control of Congress during the mid-term elections on November 8, it risks being dissolved by the new Republican majority. Faced with this eventuality, and in a “historic” gesture, she cited former President Donald Trump on Friday to appear “on or around November 14”. The Republican billionaire will also have to produce a whole series of documents before November 4 under this summons, the principle of which was recorded last week. This panel, made up of seven elected Democrats and two Republicans, has already questioned more than one thousand witnesses, including two children of Donald Trump, and peeled tens of thousands of documents but came up against the refusal to cooperate of certain relatives. 01:31 For Steve Bannon, his refusal to respond to the subpoenas of this commission led to his conviction in July for obstructing the prerogatives of investigation of Congress. The prosecutors then requested six months of detention, pinning his “contempt” and his “bad faith” throughout the procedure. His lawyers had asked for a sentence of parole or house arrest. Judge Carl Nichols finally opted for four months in prison, accompanied by a fine of 6,500 dollars. “Respecting Congress is an important component of our constitutional system”, he justified, pointing out that Steve Bannon n had, to date, always produced “no document, nor delivered any testimony” to the commission. “Hell” A fierce critic of the establishment, Steve Bannon, who was an investment banker or director of the radical right-wing news site Breitbart, is considered one of the architects of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016. Having become one of the president’s powerful advisers, he was ousted from the White House in August 2017 after far-right violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. But he remained close to the Republican billionaire and still exchanged with him on January 5, 2021, the day before the attack on the headquarters of Congress. After their conversation, he predicted a surge of “all hell” the next day in Washington.>> To read – United States: the alt-right, this far-right movement that wants to make “racism cool” To find out the content of their discussions, the parliamentary commission of inquiry had summoned Steve Bannon to testify and produce documents. He had refused, invoking the right of presidents and members of the executive to keep certain conversations secret. But Donald Trump did not invoke this right and Steve Bannon, who “was a private citizen on January 6”, cannot rely on it, Judge Nichols pointed out. During his trial in July, Steve Bannon did not produce no witnesses and did not speak. Jurors found him guilty after less than three hours of deliberations. and Mexico, one of Donald Trump’s main campaign promises. He had already been implicated in this case by federal justice, before being pardoned by Donald Trump in the last days of his presidency. president himself is the subject of several investigations and the commission of January 6 announced that it was going to summon him to appear. Its members, seven Democrats and two Republicans, must publish a report on their work by the end of the year, in which they could recommend indicting the former president. The decision will ultimately rest with the Minister of Justice Merrick Garland, a prudent man who does not exclude anything. With AFP