DOJ urges judge to start Steve Bannon prison sentence

Federal prosecutors asked the judge overseeing one-time Trump adviser Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress case to order the start of his four-month prison sentence after an appeals court upheld the conviction last week.

Lawyers with the Department of Justice filed a request Tuesday to District of Columbia Circuit Judge Carl Nichols, urging him to lift the stay on Bannon's sentence.

The pause was previously imposed while the appeals process played out. With a federal appeals...