Washington, July 23 (UNI) A jury in the US found Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress, BBC reported on Saturday.
Bannon, 68, was indicted last year over his refusal to co-operate with the congressional committee probing the events leading up to the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 and faces up to two years in jail and up to $200,000 in fines.
The former White House chief strategist is said to have been an unofficial adviser to Donald Trump at the time of the insurrection on 6 January 2021.
However, Bannon vowed to have the case reversed on what his lawyer called a "bullet-proof appeal".
His sentencing has been set for 21 October.
Lawyers with the US Department of Justice had argued that Bannon felt "above the law" by ignoring a "mandatory" legal summons from the congressional committee investigating the 6 January breach of the US Capitol.
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