Steve Bannon, who served as chief strategist for former U.S. President Donald Trump, was convicted on Friday of contempt of Congress.

The 68-year-old was indicted last year after defying a subpoena from the U.S. House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Bannon, who is scheduled be sentenced later this year, faces a minimum sentence of 30 days and a maximum of one year in jail.

He was chief executive of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and served as senior counselor to Trump at the White House before being fired in August 2017.

(Cover: Steve Bannon, former adviser to Donald Trump, arrives at a federal court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, July 22, 2022. /CFP)