Staff Reports
The Biden DOJ is not cutting Steve Bannon any slack, urging the Supreme Court to deny his plea to delay starting his four-month jail term for defying Congress. Bannon’s last-ditch effort to sidestep his sentence, imposed for snubbing a subpoena from the Jan. 6 committee, faced a strong rebuttal from Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar.
It seems Bannon’s past allegiance to President Trump did not bear any weight in Prelogar’s firm argument against his request. She pointed out that Bannon’s claims of executive privilege for certain information fell flat, as neither Trump nor Biden backed his bid for secrecy before the committee. Bannon’s outright defiance of the subpoena by failing to produce any documents or appear for questioning only added fuel to the fire.
Biden DOJ urges Supreme Court not to prevent former Trump advisor from reporting to jail https://t.co/sPZ3jpyGgq
— BPR (@BIZPACReview) June 27, 2024
Despite Bannon’s legal team’s assertions that his incarceration so close to a presidential election would be unjust, Prelogar vehemently dismissed the notion, emphasizing that the timing of the sentence relative to the election held no sway in the court’s decision-making process. The historic rarity of contempt of Congress convictions did not sway her position either, as she emphasized the irrelevance of the duration of Bannon’s term in the larger legal context.
The battle between Bannon and the Biden DOJ sets the stage for a crucial legal showdown as the conservative firebrand faces the consequences of his unyielding defiance of congressional authority. It remains to be seen whether the Supreme Court will grant Bannon any reprieve from his impending prison term, but one thing is clear – the Biden administration is not budging an inch in holding Bannon accountable for his actions.
