A judge ordered longtime Donald Trump loyalist Steve Bannon to begin serving his four-month sentence by the end of the month. Bannon has been out free pending his appeal after he defied a subpoena from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. He was sentenced in 2022. annon was convicted in July 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to sit for a deposition and the other for refusing to provide documents. U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols Nichols handed down the sentence after saying the law was clear that contempt of Congress is subje…