Steve Bannon, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, is asking a federal judge to release him from prison early based on factors he said indicate a likely appeal before the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
His Aug. 29 filing noted that the circuit was taking a relatively prolonged time to consider his request for an en banc, or full court, hearing and that the circuit had taken what it portrayed as a rare step of asking the government to weigh in on the legal interpretation of “willfully” in federal law.
