Trump ally Steve Bannon ordered to pay unpaid legal bills – CNBC

Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon holds up a copy of the Financial Times while speaking to members of the media outside US District Court House as his trial for contempt of Congress continues, in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2022.Stefani Reynolds | AFP | Getty ImagesA judge ordered former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon to pay a New York law firm $480,487 in unpaid legal bills.And that amount could grow.Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Arlene Bluth also awarded the law firm Davidoff Hutcher & Citron fees it incurred from having to sue Bannon to collect what it was owed for work performed from November 2020 through November 2022.Bluth’s six-page decision brushed aside Bannon’s arguments against the bill, which suggested Davidoff Hutcher’s retainer was not entitled to charge for work related to four different legal cases, and that he never “personally received” the firms’ bills or paid their invoices himself.The judge noted that Davidoff Hutcher had been paid $375,000 for work for Bannon before he stopped paying the firm.”Clearly someone affiliated with defendant was getting these invoices and defendant admits he instructed his team to pay plaintiff,” Bluth wrote.Bannon “cannot receive the benefit of plaintiff’s legal representation and then
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