# Steve Bannon - odds he will show up on Monday for his trial? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 14, 2022, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956 "2022-07-14T16:52:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/181 "2024-05-10T15:21:02Z")
I don’t understand the need for a jury trial for this. If it’s determined that it’s a lawful subpoena, and that he failed to appear, that should be enough. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/182 "2024-05-10T18:07:14Z")
I may not fully understand what you are asking but his trial has already happened, he was found guilty and has been sentenced. This has been the appeal and he lost. So I guess he can take it to a higher court now and delay serving his 4 months for a while longer. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/183 "2024-05-10T18:22:29Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > So I guess he can take it to a higher court now and delay serving his 4 months for a while longer. He can ask. But the Supreme Court takes very few cases, and I believe turned down a similar request from Peter Navarro. > **[Supreme Court rejects Peter Navarro's latest bid for release from prison...](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-peter-navarro-rejects-prison-release-appeal/)** > > The Supreme Court on Monday declined former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro's request to halt his prison sentence while he appeals a conviction for contempt of Congress. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/184 "2024-05-10T18:35:48Z")
I really feel like we need some disincentive to filing these obviously hopeless appeals. Like, if you appeal, and lose, your sentence is automatically multiplied by 1.25, or something. Or your parole eligibility is changed so you have to serve more of the sentence before applying for parole. Nothing so onerous as to dissuade someone with a legitimate reason for appealing, but enough to make people like this decide to just take the loss and do their time. Maybe make the extension automatic, but the appeal judge has the authority to overrule that, if they think that the appeal had some merit, even if they lost. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/185 "2024-05-10T19:18:58Z")
I only now learned (because I get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of shithousery stemming from the Trump gang) that Bannon’s fraud trial has been delayed until September because it has been assigned to Judge Merchan, who is currently hearing the Trump falsifying records case. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/186 "2024-05-10T20:14:49Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I really feel like we need some disincentive to filing these obviously hopeless appeals. It does seem as tho we are hearing more and more about appeals in recent years (as well as seemingly EVERYTHING being litigated in the first place.) It would be interesting to see if these are actual trends, or whether certain prominent appeals are just in the news more. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/187 "2024-05-10T20:17:35Z")
that poor judge, he can’t catch a break from the deluded crazy. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/188 "2024-05-10T20:22:39Z")
So when do the handcuffs being applied/reporting to lockup begin? Until that happens, nothing happened. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/189 "2024-05-11T01:06:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > So when do the handcuffs being applied/reporting to lockup begin? About a week, it looks like. > [@](#): > > He now has seven days to file another appeal. > > David Schoen, his lawyer, said that he would ask the full 11-member DC appeals court to hear the case. > **[Steve Bannon may soon head to prison after appeal fails](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68992372)** > > He was convicted in 2022 for not co-operating with a congressional committee probing the capitol riot. Meanwhile, it occurs to me that Bannon may be the first person who leaves prison looking _more_ clean cut than when he entered. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/190 "2024-05-11T01:15:32Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Meanwhile, it occurs to me that Bannon may be the first person who leaves prison looking _more_ clean cut than when he entered. 😁 😁 😆 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/191 "2024-05-11T01:19:27Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Meanwhile, it occurs to me that Bannon may be the first person who leaves prison looking _more_ clean cut than when he entered. Prisons have standards! Pretty basic hygiene standards, but standards nevertheless. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/192 "2024-05-11T13:36:31Z")
What am I missing here? If his sentence is four months and he begins serving it any time before early July, how can he miss the actual election? Or are his supporters just bitching about him missing the runup (and subsequent planning for the steal attempt)? ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/193 "2024-05-13T02:46:42Z")
Maybe Bannon and [Paul Pelosi’s deranged attacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nancy-pelosis-husband-violently-attacked-at-home-28-oct-2022/973918/194) can be bunk-mates for a time? Maybe that guy can smuggle a hammer in with him, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/194 "2024-06-06T16:28:13Z")
per cnn: this just in. bannon to report to prison on july 1st. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/195 "2024-06-06T16:30:27Z")
I think it’s for four months. Ironically, Bannon may come out of prison looking _better_ than the day he goes in. You don’t hear that very often 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/196 "2024-06-06T16:34:23Z")
I wonder if they’ll allow him to sleep in his suit, as per his custom? ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/197 "2024-06-06T18:43:21Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > I wonder if they’ll allow him to **sleep in his suit, as per his custom**? Wait, what? I gotta know more. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/198 "2024-06-06T19:17:03Z")
It’s _probably_ not literal. Bannon is just … well … famously a slob. **[Here’s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQQ6dw1FrzA&t=55s)** former Republican Rep. Peter King (NY-2nd, 3rd) describing Bannon. About 15 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/199 "2024-06-06T19:17:54Z")
> [@bordelond](#): > > I gotta know more. I was curious if there were any anecdotes but from some searching all I can find are opinions of people who say he _looks like_ someone who slept in his clothes and then just got up and went about his day. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956/200 "2024-06-06T19:19:17Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I was curious if there were any anecdotes but from some searching all I can find are opinions of people who say he _looks like_ someone who slept in his clothes and then just got up and went about his day . Ah … OK. I get it now 😄 They say it’s less funny when you have to explain it … but I appreciated an explanation all the same. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/steve-bannon-odds-he-will-show-up-on-monday-for-his-trial/967956.md?page=11)