Took all of a couple of hours for a jury to convict former Trump adviser Steve Bannon of contempt of Congress for his failure to appear before the January 6th Committee.
Former White House strategist Steve Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress Friday, following a swift trial featuring just two government witnesses who detailed the longtime Donald Trump aide’s defiance of a House committee’s demand for records and testimony in its investigation of the Capitol attack.
The federal court jury deliberated less than three hours before delivering the verdict, dealing victories to the special House committee which initiated the contempt proceedings and the Justice Department’s prosecution.
Sentencing is set for Oct. 21.
In closing arguments, prosecutors urged conviction, asserting that Bannon "chose allegiance to Donald Trump" over an obligation to comply with Congress.
"The defendant made a deliberate decision not to comply," Assistant U.S. Attorney Molly Gaston told jurors. "That, ladies and gentleman, is contempt. We are here because the defendant has contempt for the Congress.
"He has contempt for our system of government and does not believe he has to abide by the rules. Find him guilty."
So they did.
The reality is that Bannon will appeal and probably not spend a day in prison until next year by the earliest, but then again if Republicans get control of the House, they'll drop the charges anyway.
Might want to keep that in mind when voting in November.
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