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Why does key former Trump adviser Steve Bannon now face jail time?

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Donald Trump appointed Mr Bannon as his campaign CEO in August 2016 and, following his victory, handed him a key White House role

Steve Bannon was the driving force behind the right-wing Breitbart News website, and later became a key Donald Trump adviser before launching a podcast devoted to obliterating Democrats and Republicans who fail to fall in with the Maga - Make America Great Again - agenda.

He was one of Mr Trump's closest confidants during the 2016 presidential campaign and in the White House the following year,

His influence was so great that a Time magazine headline asked: "Is Steve Bannon the Second Most Powerful Man in the World">