Choose orders ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon to report back to jail by July 1

A federal decide has ordered former Trump adviser Steve Bannon to give up to jail by July 1, revoking his bail.

The Division of Justice had requested that Bannon start his four-month jail time period in connection together with his contempt of Congress conviction.

U.S. District Choose Carl Nichols heard arguments Thursday in Washington, D.C.

Following the decide’s ruling, Bannon spoke to cameras outdoors of the courthouse and reiterated his intent to enchantment, however went on to assault prime officers on the Justice Division.

“All of that is about one factor. Shutting down the MAGA motion. Shutting down grassroots conservatives, shutting down President Trump,” Bannon mentioned.

“There’s not a jail constructed or jail constructed that can ever shut me up,” Bannon mentioned.

Bannon was sentenced to 4 months for contempt of Congress in October 2022 after he was discovered responsible of defying a subpoena from the Home choose committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, however Choose Nichols agreed to postpone the jail time period whereas Bannon appealed the conviction.

After the D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals upheld Bannon’s conviction final month, federal prosecutors requested that the decide order Bannon to start his four-month sentence.

Prosecutors have mentioned there is no such thing as a authorized foundation for Choose Nichols to proceed the keep on Bannon serving his sentence after the D.C. Circuit Court docket of Appeals’ conclusive ruling that rejected the idea for Bannon’s enchantment on all grounds.

“Consequently, there is no such thing as a longer a ‘substantial query of regulation that’s more likely to lead to a reversal or an order for a brand new trial,'” prosecutors wrote in a submitting final month.