Steve Bannon reportedly refuses to pay his former lawyers. Yet he says he flies on private planes.

Bannon is reportedly being sued by the law firm of his former lawyer for nearly half a million dollars. Maybe it's time to fly economy?

Written by Justin Horowitz

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Update (2/22/23): The law firm of one of Bannon’s former attorneys, Robert Costello, is reportedly suing him “over unpaid bills for a mountain of work,” according to a new filing reported by The Daily Beast. Bannon reportedly owes Costello’s firm nearly half a million dollars.

Former Trump aide and January 6 coup plotter Steve Bannon reportedly refuses to pay his former lawyers. Yet he said today on a right-wing radio show that he flies on private planes.

According to an exclusive from The Daily Beast, Bannon “hasn’t paid the lawyers who spent years defending him against an onslaught of criminal charges.” Bannon allegedly owes a “significant” amount of money to his former lawyers M. Evan Corcoran and Robert Costello. Both of these counselors represented Bannon during his trial for contempt of Congress, for which he was convicted.

While discussing James O’Keefe’s departure from right-wing organization Project Veritas on The Charlie Kirk Show, Bannon admitted that he flies on private planes.

From the February 21, 2023, edition of the Salem Radio Network's The Charlie Kirk Show, streamed on YouTube

In the past, Bannon has railed against student debt forgiveness while bragging about his Ivy League education. Real America’s Voice, the platform that carries Bannon’s War Room podcast, reportedly pays producers $30,000 per year.

Bannon is a former Goldman Sachs investment banker who made millions off the sitcom Seinfeld.