Attorneys for Steve Bannon filed an emergency motion Tuesday in a bid to keep the former Trump White House chief strategist out of prison as he seeks to appeal his conviction for flouting a subpoena from a congressional committee that probed the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
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Bannon’s counsel of record R. Trent McCotter submitted the filing to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals requesting his client’s release before a July 1 deadline to surrender himself and serve a four-month sentence.
“If the panel decision stands, there will be far-reaching consequences, including separation-of-powers concerns,” wrote McCotter and other attorneys from DC firm Boyden Gray PLLC representing Bannon, 70.
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