Former US President Donald Trump blasted the court decision against his former White House advisor, Steve Bannon, arguing that “he’s fighting for his country!”
In an official statement the former president posted on his social media platform, Truth Social on Sunday, Trump slammed the decision of the court, sentencing Bannon to four months in jail.
Bannon was reportedly sentenced to jail for contempt after he allegedly refused to comply with a subpoena which was issued to him by the House Select Committee amid the investigation of the January 6 attack.
According to the court documents, the former White House advisor had failed to comply with the subpoena and even refused to hand over the documents the panel requested while citing a defence of executive privilege.
Currently, Bannon’s legal team is planning to file an appeal against his conviction on the ground that he was only relying on advice from his former attorney to claim that he did not have to comply with the subpoena due to the fact that he could not waive executive privilege, and therefore should be punished.
In an exclusive report Reuters published recently, it was revealed that “during sentencing on Friday, District Judge Carl Nichols accepted that Bannon was following “misguided” legal advice and deferred serving his sentence while he appeals his conviction.”
Following the decision, former US President Donald Trump, wrote on social media “Like so many others, Steve is fighting for his Country!” as he shared a blog post which was published by a right-wing author and attorney Gregg Jarrett where they argued that the former adviser has a case for his contempt conviction to be quashed.
“If a defendant believes his response to the subpoena is lawful, then he cannot be convicted,” Jarrett wrote.
“Bannon relied on advice from his lawyer that he could not testify because of executive privilege. Thus, Bannon thought he was acting lawfully. As long as he relied on that advice in good faith, he did not violate the law and should never have been held in contempt and convicted,” he added.
The former president also shared the same link earlier on Sunday night with the caption saying, “here are the facts on the Steve Bannon case.”
