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Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 10:26 PM Oct 2022

Prosecutors ask judge to sentence Steve Bannon to 6 months in prison & a $200,000 fine for contempt




Federal prosecutors filed their sentencing memo today in Steve Bannon's case. A jury convicted Bannon of two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a congressional subpoena for documents and testimony.

This video covers the sentencing options for the judge and the arguments made in the prosecution's sentencing memo. - Glenn Kirschner - 10/17/2022.



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Prosecutors ask judge to sentence Steve Bannon to 6 months in prison & a $200,000 fine for contempt (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 OP
Hope the Judge delivers. OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2022 #1
That's it?? Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #2
I saw something about 2 years, not 6 mos.? sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #4
I also thought I heard that too, back when his sentence was first being discussed Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #5
I edited my post. sprinkleeninow Oct 2022 #6
Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #7
May it be so Wild blueberry Oct 2022 #3
He deserves a lot more, but anything to shut him down and shut him up Rhiannon12866 Oct 2022 #8

sprinkleeninow

(20,249 posts)
4. I saw something about 2 years, not 6 mos.?
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:19 PM
Oct 2022


ABC News: Steve Bannon is found guilty after refusing Jan. 6 committee subpoenaSteve Bannon was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress, after refusing Jan. 6 committee subpoena and faces up to two years in prison.Curtis Means/DailyMail via AP, Pool

Rhiannon12866

(205,467 posts)
5. I also thought I heard that too, back when his sentence was first being discussed
Mon Oct 17, 2022, 11:24 PM
Oct 2022

6 Months will barely shut him up, he was still sounding off outside of court and during his "perp walk..."

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