Supreme Court Rebuffs Steve Bannon’s Attempt to Avoid Prison

The Supreme Court has turned away Steve Bannon’s bid to avoid prison as his appeal is decided by the courts. The justices said they were denying Mr. Bannon’s application for release pending appeal. Chief Justice John Roberts had received the application and referred the matter to the full court. Justices provided no comment on the June 28 decision. In 2022, a jury convicted Mr. Bannon, a former adviser to then-President Donald Trump, of contempt of Congress. He was sentenced to four months in prison. Mr. Bannon has said he was acting on advice of counsel when he declined to comply with subpoenas issued by a U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol....