Former President Donald Trump’s ex-White House adviser Steve Bannon is pleading to be spared prison because it will hamstring his ability to provide “meaningful” expertise in this year’s election. “The government seeks to imprison Mr. Bannon for the four-month period leading up to the November election, when millions of Americans look to him for information on important campaign issues,” Bannon’s new attorney Trent McCotter wrote in a recent emergency request. “This would also effectively bar Mr. Bannon from serving as a meaningful advisor in the ongoing national campaign.” The same three-judg…