Prosecutors requested the judge overseeing ex-Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon's criminal contempt of Congress case to order he begin his four-month prison sentence.
*“Excuse me your honor, but at this time I need to remind the court that my client is white and, more importantly, extremely rich. He is on the ‘preferred’ tier of our justice system, which means he is allowed to remain free pending all of his appeals, and then he still has the right to ignore several subpoenas before we hold the first hearing on when his prison sentence should begin.”
– Bannon’s lawyers, probably. And there’s a nonzero chance they’d succeed.
*“Excuse me your honor, but at this time I need to remind the court that my client is white and, more importantly, extremely rich. He is on the ‘preferred’ tier of our justice system, which means he is allowed to remain free pending all of his appeals, and then he still has the right to ignore several subpoenas before we hold the first hearing on when his prison sentence should begin.”
– Bannon’s lawyers, probably. And there’s a nonzero chance they’d succeed.