Steve Bannon, who for some time was one of former US President Donald Trump’s most influential advisers in the White House, was sentenced on Friday to four months in prison for refusing to cooperate with a parliamentary investigation into the January 6, 2021, attack on the US. Capitol, reports AFP.

That sentence, which also includes a $6,500 fine, remains suspended for now if Bannon appeals, Judge Carl Nichols said at the end of a federal court hearing in Washington.

Steve Bannon is considered one of the architects of Donald Trump’s victory in 2016. Even after he was ousted from the White House in August 2017, he remained close to the Republican billionaire and spoke with him the day before the attack on the US Congressional headquarters. .

Steve Bannon refused to cooperate with American justice

To find out the nature of the discussions between Trump and his former adviser, the congressional investigative committee tasked with shedding light on Donald Trump’s role in that violent attack on the Capitol, has subpoenaed Steve Bannon to testify and provide documents.

Steve Bannon refused to do so, citing the president’s right to keep certain conversations secret, and as a result he was accused of “obstructing” congressional investigations.

He did not call witnesses or take the stand during his trial in federal court in Washington in July.

The jury found him guilty after less than three hours of deliberations.

New York state prosecutors are also accusing him of fraud in an investigation into fundraising for a wall between the United States and Mexico, one of Donald Trump’s main campaign promises in the 2016 presidential election.