WASHINGTON - Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist for former US President Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress.
Bannon, 68, was indicted last year after defying a subpoena from the US House select committee investigating the Jan 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol.
Scheduled to be sentenced later this year, Bannon faces a minimum sentence of 30 days and a maximum of one year in jail.
Bannon was chief executive of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and served as senior counselor to Trump at the White House before being fired in August 2017.
