Speaker Johnson asks SCOTUS to delay Steve Bannon’s prison sentence: 'Wrongfully constituted'

26 June 2024

On Monday, July 1, "War Room" host and former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon is expected to surrender for a four-month federal prison sentence.

But Bannon is still making a last-ditch effort to avoid incarceration, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to postpone his surrender date while he appeals his conviction. And House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) is supporting Bannon in that effort.

Johnson, during a Tuesday night, June 25 appearance on Fox News program, told host Sean Hannity that House Republicans were "working on filing an amicus brief" in favor of Bannon "because the January 6 Committee was, we think, wrongfully constituted."

Johnson claimed that the January 6 Select Committee "violated House rules," adding that House Republicans will "be expressing that to the (U.S. Supreme) Court, and I think it will help Steve Bannon in his appeal."

Bannon was quick to praise Johnson for supporting his appeal to the High Court.

The far-right MAGA Republican told Axios, "Speaker Johnson and House leadership showed tremendous courage in repudiating the illegally constituted J6 Committee and its activities/investigations."

Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison for contempt of Congress after defying a subpoena from the January 6 Select Committee. The "War Room" host has attacked the bipartisan House committee for its connection to the Democratic Party, but in fact, two of its members were conservative Republicans: former Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, both outspoken Donald Trump critics on the right.

Axios' Rebecca Falconer notes, "(Bannon) failed to turn over documents or appear for a deposition to the committee, citing executive privilege. The January 6 panel said, in its contempt resolution, that Bannon had been a private citizen for more than three years by January 6, 2021."

Read Axios' full report at this link.

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