The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday urged the District Court of Columbia to sentence Steve Bannon, former strategist to former President Donald Trump, to six months in prison and a $200,000 fine. The request comes after a federal jury convicted Bannon of contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena.

The US House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack on the Capitol subpoenaed Bannon to deliver documents and testimony related to the events on and leading up to January 6, 2021. The committee believed Bannon had information helpful and necessary to the investigation because he attempted to persuade members of Congress to block the electoral vote on January 5, 2021, at a hotel, and stated “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow” on his podcast. According to the DOJ, “[Bannon] flouted the Committee’s authority and ignored the subpoena’s demands.” Bannon claimed executive privilege justified his noncompliance, even though the court found the privilege did not apply to him.

Furthering his noncompliance, Bannon tried to “leverage the information he had unlawfully withheld from the Committee to engineer dismissal of his criminal prosecution.” Thus, “[f]or his sustained, bad-faith contempt of Congress,” the DOJ seeks the highest end of the sentencing range.

Bannon is scheduled for sentencing on October 21.