Steve Bannon requests Supreme Court delay his prison sentence

Published June 21, 2024 1:21pm ET



Former Trump adviser Steve Bannon filed an emergency application to the Supreme Court requesting that his prison sentence be delayed as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction.

Bannon is scheduled to report to prison by July 1 for a four-month sentence after being found guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the now-defunct House Jan. 6 Committee. His lawyers filed the application to the Supreme Court after a federal appellate court ruled 2-1 against an emergency appeal Thursday.

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