Former US President Donald Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon has been sentenced to four months in prison.
Bannon had ignored a subpoena from the investigative committee into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol and failed to provide requested documents.
The 68-year-old was therefore already found guilty in July, and the sentence was announced on Friday.
He also has to pay a fine of 6,500 US dollars (around 6,550 francs), as US media reported unanimously from the courtroom of a federal court in the capital Washington. The US Department of Justice had demanded six months in prison and a fine of 200,000 US dollars (around 200,500 francs).
Legend:
Steve Bannon is reportedly the first person to be jailed for ignoring a subpoena from Congress in more than 50 years.
REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Bannon’s lawyers had only suggested a sentence of probation and house arrest. He is expected to appeal the verdict.
SRF 4 News, October 21, 2022, 6:00 p.m.; dpa/schn;mcep
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