A U.S. judge on Oct. 21 sentenced Steve Bannon to four months in prison for contempt of Congress.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, handed down the sentence in a hearing in Washington.
Nichols also ordered Bannon to pay a fine of $6,500.
“I respect the judge, the sentence he came down with is his decision. I fully respect him,” Bannon, 68, told reporters after the hearing.
Nichols agreed to stay the punishment as Bannon lodges an appeal.
“It’s an extraordinary move to grant a stay pending appeal. It was the appropriate move,” said David Schoen, Bannon’s lawyer….