Appeals Court Upholds Steve Bannon’s Contempt of Congress Conviction

Published on May 10, 2024

Steve Bannon’s appeal of his contempt of Congress conviction has been rejected by a federal court. A U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit panel on May 10 said that Mr. Bannon’s claim that he was wrongly convicted of being in contempt of Congress because he was relying on advice from counsel when he defied a subpoena ran against prior rulings. The law in question prohibits people from “willfully” defying subpoenas from Congress. Robert Costello, one of his lawyers, advised him that he would not be convicted if he didn’t comply with the subpoena, which came from the since-disbanded House of Representatives panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. That means Mr. Bannon did not act willfully, according to briefs to the appeals court....

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