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Former Trump aide Steve Bannon spoke to reporters as he left the court in Washington, DC,
after being found guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress, saying “we may have lost the battle here today, but we’re not going to lose the war.”
“I want to start by thanking the jury. We respect their jury decision today," he said.
Bannon said that, in the Justice Department's closing argument, "the prosecutor missed one very important phrase – I stand with Trump and the Constitution and I will never back off that, ever."
His attorney David Schoen said they planned to appeal the verdict, calling it a "bullet proof appeal."
“This is bullet proof appeal. Have you ever in another case seen a judge say six times in a case that he thinks the standard for willfulness is wrong. He’s saying it doesn’t comport with modern jurisprudence, he said it doesn’t comport with the standard definition, but he is saying his hands were bound by a 1961 decision. You will see this case reversed on appeal," he told reporters.
A federal jury found Bannon guilty on two counts of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.
He faces a minimum sentence of 30 days in jail, according to federal law.
CNN's Tierney Sneed contributed reporting to this post.
