Steve Bannon, a former White House aide and longtime ally of former President Trump, was released from prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for contempt of Congress.
Bannon left the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury, Connecticut, Federal Bureau of Prisons spokeswoman Kristie Breshears told the Associated Press. He is expected to hold a news conference later in the day in Manhattan, according to his representatives. He will also resume his “War Room” podcast on Tuesday.
Bannon, 70, was jailed in July after the Supreme Court rejected his attempt to delay his prison sentence while he appeals his conviction.
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Steve Bannon appears in court in New York on January 12, 2023. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP)
A jury found Bannon guilty in 2022 of two counts of contempt of Congress: one for refusing to appear for testimony before the House Committee on January 6 and a second for refusing to provide documents related to his participation in the alleged efforts of Trump to reverse his loss. to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential race.
Bannon told reporters in July that he was “proud” to begin his prison sentence and described himself as a “political prisoner.”
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Steve Bannon speaks outside the Danbury Federal Correctional Institution, Monday, July 1, 2024, in Danbury, Connecticut. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., left, listens. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)
“I'm going to prison. I'm proud to go to prison. I'm proud to go to prison today,” Bannon said at a news conference held with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., outside the prison. “I'm proud to go to prison. If this is what it takes to stand up to tyranny. If this is what it takes to stand up to the corrupt and criminal Garland Justice Department. If this is what it takes to stand up to Nancy Pelosi “If this is what it takes to take on Joe Biden, I'm proud to do it.”
Bannon's release comes a week before Election Day, when Trump, a Republican, will seek to defeat Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris and return to the White House.
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Former White House strategist Steve Bannon arrives at the Manhattan district attorney's office to surrender to New York authorities, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Eduardo Muñoz Álvarez)
A federal appeals court panel upheld Bannon's convictions in May. Bannon is now asking the full appeals court to hear his case. His legal team had argued that the congressional subpoena was invalid because Trump had asserted executive privilege. However, prosecutors say Bannon had left the White House years earlier and that Trump had never invoked executive privilege in front of the committee.
Bannon also faces criminal charges in New York state court, where prosecutors allege he deceived donors who gave money to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. Banon has pleaded not guilty to money laundering, conspiracy, fraud and other charges. He is scheduled to go to trial in December.
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Danielle Wallace of Fox News Digital and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
