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Steve Bannon

Steve Bannon speaking at a public event in 2025.
Source: Gage Skidmore · License: CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ · Crop: Centered 4:5 documentary portrait, 480 by 600 pixels
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Former Trump White House chief strategist who received a Trump pardon and was later convicted in separate contempt and New York fraud cases.

Relationship to Trumplongtime political ally with public policy dissentpolitical / 1 source

Status

  1. Pleaded guilty to first-degree scheme to defraudlegal / 2025-02-111 source · Lead source
  2. Convicted on two counts of contempt of Congresslegal / 2022-10-211 source · Lead source
  3. Pardoned before trial in federal wall-fund prosecutionlegal / 2021-01-201 source · Lead source
  4. Longtime political ally with public dissent over Iran policyrelationship / 2025-06-181 source · Lead source

Exact relationships

  1. Donald J. Trump

    Relationship to Trumplongtime political ally with public policy dissent

    politicalOpen evidence · 1 sourcereported
  2. Donald J. Trump

    former Trump White House chief strategist

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourceconvicted
  3. Donald J. Trump

    former chief strategist convicted in separate state case

    businesslegalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourceconvicted
  4. Donald J. Trump

    former chief strategist pardoned by Trump

    legalpoliticalOpen evidence · 1 sourcedocumented

Record timeline

  1. Trump pardons Steve Bannon in federal wall-fund caseformer chief strategist pardoned by Trump · documented · 1 source
  2. Bannon convicted and sentenced for contempt of Congressformer Trump White House chief strategist · convicted · 1 source
    1. penaltyBannon contempt-of-Congress fine$6,500
      Ordered from
      Steve Bannon
      Ordered to
      United States
      ordered · 2022-10-21 · observedPopulation Fine imposed with Steve Bannon's sentence on two contempt-of-Congress countsPeriod 2022-10-21 to 2022-10-21Basis Fine imposed in the October 21, 2022 federal sentence reported by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.Limits The sentence establishes the amount due; payment timing is not identified.Open cited evidence
  3. Bannon pleads guilty in New York wall-fund caseformer chief strategist convicted in separate state case · convicted · 1 source
  4. Bannon remains a Trump ally while dissenting over Iran policylongtime political ally with public policy dissent · reported · 1 source