Nonilex ,
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Judge to decide if must go to while appealing contempt case

A federal judge is set to hear arguments Thurs morning over whether fmr political adviser & podcaster Stephen should report to prison immediately to begin serving a 4-month term for of after an appeals court upheld his in May.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/06/05/bannon-prison-hearing-contempt/

PJ_Evans ,
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IF he'd served it when he was supposed to, he'd be out and off probation.

Nonilex OP ,
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Federal prosecutors made the request last month, arguing that no substantial questions remain over ’s 2-count for refusing to provide docs or testimony to a cmte probing the , 2021, attack after a panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit rejected Bannon’s appeal….
“Under these circumstances, the Court ‘shall order’ defendant ‘be detained,’ so the stay of sentence must be lifted,” Asst US Atty wrote to US Dist Judge Nichols….

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