Plus, dozens killed in Chad anti-government protests.
Bannon sentenced to four months for defying January 6 subpoena; Chadian security forces kill dozens of demonstrators. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. |
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Why Steve Bannon faces four months in prison |
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- Friday, former White House strategist Steve Bannon was sentenced to four months in prison and fined $6,500 for ignoring a subpoena from the January 6 committee. [Vox / Ben Jacobs]
- A jury found Bannon guilty in July for refusing to appear before the panel and failing to turn over documents. It's the first and most high-profile conviction directly tied to the panel's work. [Associated Press / Lindsay Whitehurst]
- Judge Carl Nichols rejected Bannon's claim that executive privilege protected him from testifying, and criticized Bannon for not showing remorse for his actions. [New York Times / Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer]
- The House committee sought information from Bannon about his involvement in then-President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. [Politico / Kyle Cheney and Josh Gerstein]
- Bannon, a right-wing commentator, will be allowed to remain free pending his plans to appeal. [Bloomberg / Sabrina Willmer]
- Friday, the House committee subpoenaed Trump for testimony and documents about his multi-step plan to subvert Joe Biden's win. [CNN / Annie Grayer, Zachary Cohen, and Sara Murray]
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📍 If you read just one story Vox's Ben Jacobs explains what the January 6 hearings accomplished. [Vox / Ben Jacobs] |
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Security forces crack down on protestors in Chad |
Security forces killed dozens of protesters during anti-government demonstrations in Chad on Thursday. [Al Jazeera] Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of the capital city N'Djamena after the government announced delayed elections. The military killed at least 50, and wounded hundreds of others. [NYT / Ruth Maclean and Mahamat Adamou] After authoritarian President Idriss Deby died in 2021, his son, Mahamat Idriss Deby, took power and promised to transfer to democratic rule after 18 months. [Guardian / Zeinab Mohammed Salih] Deby delayed the transition on October 1 for another two years, prompting the current crisis. [Reuters / Mahamat Ramadane] - Friday, the UN Human Rights chief called for the end to violence against peaceful protesters and said it was monitoring the situation in the country. [VOA / Lisa Schlein]
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An abortion rights network released images of removed tissue to show what pregnancy actually looks like before 10 weeks. [Guardian / Poppy Noor] |
- Classified documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in August reportedly held sensitive information about Iran and China. [Washington Post / Devlin Barrett]
- The EPA opened a civil rights investigation into whether state officials discriminated against Black residents of Jackson, Mississippi by failing to improve water infrastructure. [ABC News / Beatrice Peterson]
- The Anti-Defamation League sent a letter urging Adidas to cut ties with Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, over his antisemitic and offensive remarks. [CNBC / Jessica Golden]
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