Supreme Court rejects Bannon bid to avoid prison sentence

The Supreme Court rejected a petition by former Trump adviser and podcast host Steve Bannon, who sought to avoid reporting to prison while he appeals his criminal conviction for defying subpoenas from the House Jan. 6 committee.

The high court said Friday that it saw no reason to disagree with a lower court’s order to lift a stay on Bannon’s long-delayed sentence after an appeals court recently affirmed his criminal conviction for defying the now-defunct committee’s demands. The decision means Bannon must report to prison in Danbury, Connecticut, by Monday.