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If Bannon indeed heads to prison on July 1, it would put him behind bars until just before the November election. In addition to keeping Bannon " who hosts a popular far-right podcast " off the air for a crucial stretch of the election cycle, Nichols' decision would also effectively pardon-proof Bannon's jail sentence. (Trump pardoned Bannon on the final day of his presidency on federal fraud charges.)
Bannon was convicted in July 2022 of two misdemeanor counts of contempt of Congress for stonewalling a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.